Meanings

time ordered product

order

order

in (the proper) order

(listed in) no particular order

to put into order

overture

curtain-raiser

preface

rank

opportunity

opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)

the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning")

preface

introduction

introduction

order

seniority by length of service

artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances

mechanism