The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.
The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
The right to go in.
The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
The action of entering, or going in.
The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
To put into a trance.
To delight and fill with wonder.
The first few measures of a musical composition.
The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
A gap permitting passage through.
The initial period when a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
A vacant position, especially in an array.
An unoccupied employment position.
In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
An act or instance of making or becoming open.
A time available in a schedule.
An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
An act or instance of beginning.
The first few moves in a game.
Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack