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Verb: open owpun- Cause to open or to become open
"Mary opened the car door" - open up - Start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
"open a business" - open up - Become open
"The door opened" - open up - Begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
"He opened the meeting with a long speech" - Spread out or open from a closed or folded state
"open the map" - unfold, spread, spread out - Make available
"This opens up new possibilities" - open up - Become available
"an opportunity opened up" - open up - Have an opening or passage or outlet
"The bedrooms open into the hall" - Make the opening move
"Kasparov opened with a standard opening" - Afford access to
"the door opens to the patio" - afford, give - Display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
Adjective: open (opener,openest) owpun- Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
"an open door"; "they left the door open" - unfastened - Affording free passage or access
"open drains"; "the road is open to traffic"; "open ranks" - With no protection or shield
"open to the weather"; "an open wound" - exposed - Open to or in view of all
"an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor" - Used of mouth or eyes
"keep your eyes open" - opened - Not having been filled
"the job is still open" - Accessible to all
"open season"; "an open economy" - Not defended or capable of being defended
"an open city"; "open to attack" - assailable, undefendable, undefended - (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
"an open texture" - loose - Having no protecting cover or enclosure
"an open boat"; "an open fire"; "open sports cars" - (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
"an open question" - undecided, undetermined, unresolved - Not sealed or having been unsealed
"the letter was already open" - opened - Without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
"the clarity and resonance of an open tone"; "her natural and open response" - Ready or willing to receive favourably
- receptive - Open and observable; not secret or hidden
"open ballots" - overt - Not requiring union membership
"an open shop employs nonunion workers" - Possibly accepting or permitting
"open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question" - capable, subject - Affording free passage or view
"open waters"; "the open countryside" - clear - Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
"an open and trusting nature" - candid, heart-to-heart - Ready for business
"the stores are open" Noun: open owpun- A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
"finally broke out of the forest into the open" - clear - Where the air is unconfined
"the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open" - outdoors, out-of-doors, open air - A tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- Information that has become public
"all the reports were out in the open" - surface
Derived forms: opens, opening, opener, opened, openest See also: acceptant, acceptive, active, admissive, agape, agaze, ajar, artless, assimilative, available, bald, barefaced, coarse, explicit, expressed, gaping, harsh, hospitable, ingenuous, naked, nonunion, open up, opened, opener, opening, openly, openness, public, raw, staring, susceptible, unconcealed, unconstricted, undisguised, unenclosed, unobstructed, unprotected, unrestricted, unsealed, unsettled, unstoppered, visible, vulnerable, wide, wide-eyed, wide-open, yawning Type of: afford, area, arise, change state, come up, commence, country, display, embark on, exhibit, expose, exterior, general knowledge, give, go, move, outside, public knowledge, start, start up, tournament, tourney [N. Amer], turn, undo, yield Antonym: close, closed, shut Encyclopedia: Open, Again Open Open, sesame Open, closed, open |