A gap permitting passage through.
The first few measures of a musical composition.
The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
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
A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
A flight of stairs; a stairway.
A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps.
To increase one's share in a co-ownership.