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open the batting

open the batting verb: to be one of a pair of cricketers (batsmen) that start a side's innings, who are also known as the opening pair or openers.

Verb

open the batting (third-person singular simple present opens the batting, present participle opening the batting, simple past and past participle opened the batting)

  1. To be one of a pair of cricketers (batsmen) that start a side's innings, who are also known as the opening pair or openers.
  2. (idiomatic) By extension, to commence proceedings (in general, not just in cricket).

Forms of open the batting

third-person singular presentopens the batting
present participleopening the batting
past participleopened the batting
pastopened the batting

Questions about open the batting

What does open the batting mean?
Open the batting means to be one of a pair of cricketers (batsmen) that start a side's innings, who are also known as the opening pair or openers.
What part of speech is open the batting?
Open the batting is a verb.
What is the past tense of open the batting?
The past tense of open the batting is opened the batting.

Words near open the batting in the dictionary

  1. open systems
  2. open table
  3. open texture
  4. open the attack
  5. open the ball
  6. open the batting
  7. open the door
  8. open the face
  9. open the floodgates
  10. open the kimono
  11. open the range

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