Opening may refer to:

Types of openings

  • Hole
  • A title sequence or opening credits
  • Opening theme
  • Grand opening of a business or other institution
  • Inauguration
  • Keynote
  • Opening sentence
  • Opening sequence
  • Opening statement, a beginning statement in a court case
  • Opening (morphology), a morphological filtering operation used in image processing
  • Overture
  • Salutation (greeting)
  • Vernissage

Games

  • Backgammon opening
  • Chess opening
  • Go opening
  • Shogi opening
  • , a term from contract bridge
  • , a term from contract bridge

Media

  • Al-Fatiha, "The Opening", the first chapter of the Qur'an
  • The Opening (album), live album by Mal Waldron
  • "Opening", a song by Hikaru Utada from the 2004 album Exodus
  • "Opening", a song by Jay Chou from the 2007 album Secret
  • "Opening", a song by Ed Sheeran from the 2025 album Play

See also