opening night in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "opening night",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opening nights",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Opening night was a great success."
        },
        {
          "text": "The theatre was packed on opening night."
        },
        {
          "text": "The police were called for crowd control on opening night."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The opening night refers to the first night of a theatrical performance."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "opening night"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "opening night",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opening nights",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Opening night was a great success."
        },
        {
          "text": "The theatre was packed on opening night."
        },
        {
          "text": "The police were called for crowd control on opening night."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The opening night refers to the first night of a theatrical performance."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "opening night"
}

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"opening night" meaning in English

Noun