Definition of Opening line

1. Noun. The first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story).

Group relationships: News Article, News Story, Newspaper Article
Generic synonyms: Line

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opening Line

openhearted
openheartedly
openheartedness
opening
opening argument
opening arguments
opening axis
opening batsman
opening batsmen
opening ceremonies
opening ceremony
opening contraction
opening credits
opening fire
opening hours
opening line (current term)
opening move
opening movement
opening night
opening of an envelope
opening of external acoustic meatus
opening of inferior vena cava
opening of internal acoustic meatus
opening of pulmonary trunk
opening of superior vena cava
opening of the sphenoidal sinus
opening speech
opening speeches
opening statement

Literary usage of Opening line

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"She wrote it «luring (lie night, road the lines to the guests them to Mr. Hope's alburn, now preserved i ii(>xt morning, and committed opening line ..."

2. Dredges and Dredging by Charles Prelini (1911)
"In the double-line system the bucket is suspended by two lines, one called the closing or hoisting line and the other the opening line. ..."

3. Carpentry and Building (1905)
"... it will be advisable to construct two segment heads at the front, one at the opening line А В of Fig. 223 and the other at the chord line AC, then, ..."

4. The Leofric missal, as used in the Cathedral of Exeter during the episcopate by Catholic Church, Frederick Edward Warren (1883)
"The more dignified festivals are marked by the increased size and more ornamental treatment of the initial letters, and of the opening line or lines. ..."

5. Journal of Biblical Literature by Society of Biblical Literature (1906)
"To continue our calculations, line 4 rev. of the commentary represents the opening line of the third tablet, as is shown by a comparison with the colophons ..."

6. The Complete Works of John Keats by John Keats, Harry Buxton Forman (1900)
"... and young, sprouting a shady boon For simple sheep ; and such are daffodils 15 1, The manuscript shows no variation in this renowned opening line; ..."

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