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opening moves

opening moves is the plural of opening move.

Meaning of opening move

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

Questions about opening moves

What is opening moves the plural of?
Opening moves is the plural of opening move.

Words near opening moves in the dictionary

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

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