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opening move

opening move noun: a move that is used to start a game such as chess.

Noun

opening move (plural opening moves)

  1. A move that is used to start a game such as chess.
  2. (broadly) The beginning of a conversation, transaction, etc.
    • In her short time as CEO, she led an overhaul of the app, which changed how men and women initiate conversations on the app (it was built on the premise of women making the “opening move”).2025 January 17, Alicia Adamczyk, “Bumble’s new CEO is already leaving the company as shares fell 54% since killing the signature feature and letting men message first”, in Fortune
    • There is a common rationalisation that explains his recklessness as opening moves in a negotiation.2025 February 5, “The Guardian view on Trump’s foreign policy: an alarming new order takes shape”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of opening move

pluralopening moves

Questions about opening move

What does opening move mean?
Opening move means a move that is used to start a game such as chess.
What part of speech is opening move?
Opening move is a noun.
What is the plural of opening move?
The plural of opening move is opening moves.

Words near opening move in the dictionary

  1. Opening Government
  2. opening gun
  3. opening guns
  4. opening hours
  5. opening its doors
  6. opening move
  7. opening moves
  8. opening night
  9. opening nights
  10. opening of an envelope
  11. opening one's big mouth

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