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OPENING NIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does opening night mean?
• OPENING NIGHT (noun)
The noun OPENING NIGHT has 1 sense:
1. the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
Familiarity information: OPENING NIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first performance (as of a theatrical production)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
curtain raising; opening; opening night
Context example:
the opening received good critical reviews
Hypernyms ("opening night" is a kind of...):
start (the beginning of anything)
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