Opening and Tableau

Opening

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

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

Nearby Words: open, openness, opened, opener

Tableau noun - Any dramatic scene.

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Opening and tableau are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Opening" instead a noun "Tableau".

similar	similar opening	similar tableau
complete	complete opening	complete tableau
little	little opening	little tableau
final	final opening	final tableau
Other adjectives: next, iconic.

Tom Stoppard's play After Magritte opens with a surreal tableau, the meaning of which is explained in the opening dialogue, and ends on another.

Source: Tableau
Tableau After Magritte opens with a surreal tableau, the meaning of which is explained in the opening dialogue, and ends on another.

Source: Creator / Tom Stoppard
The opening shot of the first episode of The IT Crowd ("Yesterday's Jam") depicts Reynholm Industries CEO Denholm Reynholm seated behind his office desk, in stone-faced tableau.

Source: Match Cut

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