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opening night

opening night noun: the first night, evening, or day of a spectacle or show.

Noun

opening night (plural opening nights)

  1. The first night, evening, or day of a spectacle or show.
    • I’m writing in pure hyperbole. I know this. I just don’t know another way to talk about this movie. Watching Fury Road in the theater on opening night, I worried that I was being obnoxious, gleefully cackling with glee and, more than once, literally throwing my hands up in disbelief.2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club
    • With their lead cut to 14-7, England could have got twitchy, but any opening-night nerves were eased as United States centre Alev Kelter, who plays her club rugby with Loughborough Lightning, was shown yellow a minute after Jarrell-Searcy's score.2025 August 22, Mike Henson, “England open World Cup with 11-try win over USA”, in BBC Sport
  2. The first event in a new venue.

Forms of opening night

pluralopening nights

Questions about opening night

What does opening night mean?
Opening night means the first night, evening, or day of a spectacle or show.
What part of speech is opening night?
Opening night is a noun.
What is the plural of opening night?
The plural of opening night is opening nights.

Words near opening night in the dictionary

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

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