opener B1 Topic:Media & Publishing US /ˈoʊ.pən.ɚ/ UK /ˈəʊ.pən.ə/ See IPA manual Freq #12802 Meanings 1 noun a person who opens something The unlawful opener of the sealed letter was arrested. 2 noun the first event in a series They played an etude for their opener. 3 noun A person who opens something. Have you, like the opener of this debate, discovered, sapiently enough, that "the peace party, with Lord Aberdeen at their head, were the chief cause of the war"? Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who opens something one who opens Word family Derived forms bottle-openereye-openerpew-openerpipe-opener Common collocations can opener Noun + noun Etymology From Middle English oppinnare, opynnare, from Old English openere, equivalent to open + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Topics Media & Publishing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # opener **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈoʊ.pən.ɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈəʊ.pən.ə/ **Frequency rank:** 12802 ## Meanings 1. a person who opens something 2. the first event in a series 3. A person who opens something. ## Examples - The unlawful opener of the sealed letter was arrested. - They played an etude for their opener. - Have you, like the opener of this debate, discovered, sapiently enough, that "the peace party, with Lord Aberdeen at their head, were the chief cause of the war"? ## Derived Forms - bottle-opener - eye-opener - pew-opener - pipe-opener ## Etymology From Middle English oppinnare, opynnare, from Old English openere, equivalent to open + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). ## Topics - Media & Publishing markdown