A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
Need; requirement, necessity.
The time when something happens.
Something which causes something else; a cause.
A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
A special event or function.
A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
To cause; to produce; to induce
An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
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 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