Opening

O·pen·ing

Opening

n.
  1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
    The opening of your glory was like that of light.
  2. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole.
    We saw him at the opening of his tent.
  3. An opportunity; as, an opening for business. [Colloq.]
  4. 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.
  5. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; a clearing; as, oak openings. [U.S.]