SpellRight › Spelling
Moderateopening
The correct spelling is opening.
How to pronounce opening
/ˈəʊ.pənɪŋ/
verbIPA: /ˈəʊ.pənɪŋ/
Say it like: Ope-nin-g
The correct spelling is opening. To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position. For example: "Turn the doorknob to open the door."
Usage Examples
“Turn the doorknob to open the door.”
“He opened a path through the undergrowth.”
“I don't want to open that subject.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
- 2.To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
- 3.To bring up, broach.
- 4.To enter upon, begin.
- 5.To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
noun
- 1.An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- 2.Something that is open.
- 3.An act or instance of beginning.
- 4.Something that is a beginning.
- 5.A vacant position, especially in an array.
adjective
- 1.Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
- 2.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
Similar words
Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.