openings
SayOH-puh-ningzUS/ˈoʊ.pə.nɪŋz/UK/ˈəʊ.pə.nɪŋz/AUSOHP-ningz/ˈəʉp.nɪŋz/
- 1Plural of opening.
Sunlight streamed through the narrow openings between the boards.
The company posted several openings for software engineers this quarter.
Note
The plural takes a plain -s and carries over each countable meaning of the noun: gaps that let light or people through, first performances of a show, the first evenings of exhibitions, the first measures of pieces of music. The -s also settles the part of speech. Opening alone can be a verb form (she is opening the door), but openings can only be the noun.
openings is a form of opening
opening, noun: The first time a play, show, or exhibition, or a new building or business, opens to the public, or the event held to mark it. Full entry
- Forms
- openingopenings plural
- Spelling
- opening → openings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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