To action of opening or discovering what is closed or hidden it is popularly designated as opening. "Enough of intrigues, let's give him, once and for all, an opening to mom's letter.”
Opening what is closed, whether by force or not, or what remains hidden
When a door locks due to any factor, because it breaks somewhere, or when we stay out of the house because we forget the keys inside without realizing it, when leaving quickly, we will need to open it with the help of a third party, a professional, such as the locksmith, or someone who has knowledge in this regard and can assist us in that opening.
On the other hand, the openings of doors of houses or buildings, or of other elements, that remain closed for a security issue, such is the case of safes, can be violated, that is, opened in a forced way by criminals with the mission to steal the valuables that may be there.
Seasoned criminals have endless resources and tools to carry out these acts and, for example, in recent years reinforced, armored doors have been devised, or barriers have been added to prevent easy opening by criminals. .
Inauguration of a venue, an academic year or a parliamentary assembly
On the other hand, the word opening is normally used to account for the inauguration of a commercial space or premises, a public assembly, a course, an academic day, among other alternatives. "This morning the traditional ordinary opening of the sessions of the legislative body took place in the National Congress.”
Every year, the leaders of countries that are governed under the democratic system open the ordinary sessions of the Legislative Power in the framework of a formal and very special act, with important political connotations, because they offer a speech before the Legislative Assembly that implies being heard because of all the political colors that make up Parliament, not only because of the ruling party, and also because they are presentations that are broadcast on the national chain by the audiovisual media, and so what the president announces and says at the formal beginning of the year will have a high reach of public opinion as well.
By case it is that this act is prepared in advance and with care.
In schools, when classes begin, that is, the beginning of the school year, a special event is also mounted in which, in addition to the students, teachers and school authorities, the parents of the students attend and in some cases public workers.
There are also speeches and celebrations.
And many commercial brands, when they open a new location for their label, usually summon the place in question, the dam, relevant public personalities, and clients, to participate in the event, which usually includes previews of new products, gifts to guests. and a meal.
Tendency to accept and understand different positions than those professed in every sense and aspect
Another extremely common use of the term allows to designate that inclination of a favorable type that an individual presents when it comes to understanding political, religious, economic attitudes and ideas, among others, that differ diametrically from those that he holds. “Juan's open-mindedness is such that he will not fail to understand that what we made in his absence was a decision justified by the financial constraints we are going through..”
Optic: hole through which light passes
On the other hand, in the field of optics, is called the opening to the hole through which light passes.
Chess: initial part of the game
At Chess, for its part, the opening designates the initial phase of the aforementioned game and that consists of the development of the pieces from their initial positions.
Use in sports
Also, the opening is a recognized term within the rugby, since in this way the player who is located in the three-quarter line and who is in charge of distributing and organizing the game of the rest of the line of his team.
Meanwhile, in the soccer, many Latin American leagues belonging to this sport, call opening to the initial phase of the championship; Generally, the opening is the tournament that takes place in the first half of the year, although there are leagues like the Argentina, the Mexican and Uruguayan, among others, in which the opening tournament begins when the second part of the year begins on the calendar.
Spelling: first double spelling sign
And at the behest of the orthography It is called as opening to the first of the double spelling signs, such as opening parentheses, opening quotation marks, opening brackets, among others.
