Check and Opening

Check

Check noun - An irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure.

Usage example: the network of fine checks on the surface would indicate that the painting is quite old

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Opening and check are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opening" instead a noun "Check".

Nearby Words: checked, checking, checkup, checker, checklist

Opening noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

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Check and opening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Check" instead a noun "Opening".

Nearby Words: open, openness, opened, opener

good	good check	good opening
long	long check	long opening
usual	usual check	usual opening
standard	standard check	standard opening
Other adjectives: fake, initial, proper, single, simple, small, entire, real, massive, large, big, huge, little, grand, final, last.

Played quite literally in Hotel Mario, where Mario turns to the camera in the opening cutscene and tells the player to check out the enclosed instruction book should they need any help.

Source: All There In The Manual / Video Games
Check. An alternate, very disturbing version of the fifth opening that features disembodied hands grabbing at the (non-live action) nude figure of the same character as she struggles to run away?

Source: Light Novel / Bakemonogatari
Shogo casually says, "You're not going to shoot her — the safety's on," causing the other guy to check to see if that's true, and Shogo uses the opening to shoot the guy in the face.

Source: Not with the Safety on, You Won't

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