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(ō'pə-nər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One that opens, especially a device used to cut open cans or pry up bottle caps.
  2. Games.
    1. The player who starts the betting in cards.
    2. openers Cards of sufficient value to enable the holder to open the betting.
  3. The first act in a theatrical variety show.
  4. Sports. The first game in a series.
idiom:

for openers Informal.

  1. To begin with: "Out of 54 potential jurors, they knocked 20 off . . . just for openers" (Joseph DiMona).


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - åbner, indleder, oplukker

Nederlands (Dutch)
flesopener, iemand die/ iets dat opent

Français (French)
n. - (Sport) premier batteur (au cricket), premier match de la saison (base-ball), (TV, Théât) premier numéro, premier épisode, ouverture (au bridge), ouvreur (un joueur), décapsuleur, ouvre-boîtes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Öffner

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανοιχτήρι, αυτός που αρχίζει, αρχίζων, (καθομ.) πρώτο νούμερο θεάματος

Italiano (Italian)
apriscatole, apribottiglie

Português (Portuguese)
n. - abridor (m), jogo de abertura

Русский (Russian)
консервный нож, начало

Español (Spanish)
n. - abridor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - öppnare, inledare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
开启者, 开端, 开启的工具, 第一场比赛

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 開啟者, 開端, 開啟的工具, 第一場比賽

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 개시자, 여는 도구, 제1시합

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 開く人, 開始者, あける道具, 溝あけ機, 最初の出し物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فتاحه العلب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פותחן, פותח‬


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