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▸ noun: information that has become public ("All the reports were out in the open")
▸ noun: a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
▸ noun: a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water ("Finally broke out of the forest into the open")
▸ noun: where the air is unconfined ("The concert was held in the open air")
▸ verb: display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
▸ verb: begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc. ("He opened the meeting with a long speech")
▸ verb: start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning ("Open a business")
▸ verb: have an opening or passage or outlet ("The bedrooms open into the hall")
▸ verb: make available ("This opens up new possibilities")
▸ verb: become available ("An opportunity opened up")
▸ verb: make the opening move ("Kasparov opened with a standard opening")
▸ verb: cause to open or to become open ("Mary opened the car door")
▸ verb: become open ("The door opened")
▸ verb: afford access to ("The door opens to the patio")
▸ verb: spread out or open from a closed or folded state ("Open the map")
▸ adjective: sincere and free of reserve in expression ("Please be open with me")
▸ adjective: lax in enforcing laws ("An open town")
▸ adjective: without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition ("The clarity and resonance of an open tone")
▸ adjective: affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed ("An open door")
▸ adjective: affording free passage or access ("Open drains")
▸ adjective: used of mouth or eyes ("Keep your eyes open")
▸ adjective: having no protecting cover or enclosure ("An open boat")
▸ adjective: of a set; containing points whose neighborhood consists of other points of the same set, or being the complement of an open set; of an interval; containing neither of its end points
▸ adjective: open to or in view of all ("An open protest")
▸ adjective: accessible to all ("Open season")
▸ adjective: not sealed or having been unsealed ("The letter was already open")
▸ adjective: not secret ("Open plans")
▸ adjective: not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought ("An open question")
▸ adjective: ready for business ("The stores are open")
▸ adjective: not having been filled ("The job is still open")
▸ adjective: receptive to new ideas ("An open mind")
▸ adjective: opened out ("An open newspaper")
▸ adjective: relatively empty of and unobstructed by fences or hedges or headlands or shoals ("In open country")
▸ adjective: openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness ("An open and trusting nature")
▸ adjective: affording free passage or view
▸ adjective: used of string or hole or pipe of instruments
▸ adjective: open and observable; not secret or hidden
▸ adjective: with no protection or shield ("Open to the weather")
▸ adjective: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps ("An open texture")
▸ adjective: possibly accepting or permitting ("Open to interpretation")
▸ adjective: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious ("Open disregard of the law")
▸ adjective: not defended or capable of being defended ("An open city")
▸ Also see opens
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to open
▸ Usage examples for open
▸ Idioms related to open (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing open
▸ Popular nouns described by open
▸ Words that often appear near open
▸ Rhymes of open
▸ Invented words related to open
▸ noun: information that has become public ("All the reports were out in the open")
▸ noun: a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
▸ noun: a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water ("Finally broke out of the forest into the open")
▸ noun: where the air is unconfined ("The concert was held in the open air")
▸ verb: display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
▸ verb: begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc. ("He opened the meeting with a long speech")
▸ verb: start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning ("Open a business")
▸ verb: have an opening or passage or outlet ("The bedrooms open into the hall")
▸ verb: make available ("This opens up new possibilities")
▸ verb: become available ("An opportunity opened up")
▸ verb: make the opening move ("Kasparov opened with a standard opening")
▸ verb: cause to open or to become open ("Mary opened the car door")
▸ verb: become open ("The door opened")
▸ verb: afford access to ("The door opens to the patio")
▸ verb: spread out or open from a closed or folded state ("Open the map")
▸ adjective: sincere and free of reserve in expression ("Please be open with me")
▸ adjective: lax in enforcing laws ("An open town")
▸ adjective: without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition ("The clarity and resonance of an open tone")
▸ adjective: affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed ("An open door")
▸ adjective: affording free passage or access ("Open drains")
▸ adjective: used of mouth or eyes ("Keep your eyes open")
▸ adjective: having no protecting cover or enclosure ("An open boat")
▸ adjective: of a set; containing points whose neighborhood consists of other points of the same set, or being the complement of an open set; of an interval; containing neither of its end points
▸ adjective: open to or in view of all ("An open protest")
▸ adjective: accessible to all ("Open season")
▸ adjective: not sealed or having been unsealed ("The letter was already open")
▸ adjective: not secret ("Open plans")
▸ adjective: not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought ("An open question")
▸ adjective: ready for business ("The stores are open")
▸ adjective: not having been filled ("The job is still open")
▸ adjective: receptive to new ideas ("An open mind")
▸ adjective: opened out ("An open newspaper")
▸ adjective: relatively empty of and unobstructed by fences or hedges or headlands or shoals ("In open country")
▸ adjective: openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness ("An open and trusting nature")
▸ adjective: affording free passage or view
▸ adjective: used of string or hole or pipe of instruments
▸ adjective: open and observable; not secret or hidden
▸ adjective: with no protection or shield ("Open to the weather")
▸ adjective: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps ("An open texture")
▸ adjective: possibly accepting or permitting ("Open to interpretation")
▸ adjective: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious ("Open disregard of the law")
▸ adjective: not defended or capable of being defended ("An open city")
▸ Also see opens
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to open
▸ Usage examples for open
▸ Idioms related to open (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing open
▸ Popular nouns described by open
▸ Words that often appear near open
▸ Rhymes of open
▸ Invented words related to open