n. 1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

The opening of your glory was like that of light. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. [ 1913 Webster ]

We saw him at the opening of his tent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: An opportunity; as, an opening for business. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence: A vacant place; a job which does not have a current occupant; as, they are now interviewing candidates for the two openings in the department. [ PJC ]

5. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; a clearing; as, oak openings. [ U.S. ] Cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]