OPENING MOVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does opening move mean? 

• OPENING MOVE (noun)
  The noun OPENING MOVE has 1 sense:

1. the first of a series of actions

  Familiarity information: OPENING MOVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPENING MOVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first of a series of actions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

first step; initiative; opening; opening move

Hypernyms ("opening move" is a kind of...):

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "opening move"):

curtain raiser (any preliminary activity)

first base (the initial stage in accomplishing something)

peace initiative (opening move in negotiating a peace treaty)