open
open - English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ō'pən, IPA: /ˈəʊ.pən/
- (US) enPR: ō'pən, IPA: /ˈoʊ.pən/
Adjective
open (comparative more open, superlative most open)
- (usually not comparable) Not closed.
- Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended.
- an open hand; an open flower
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- Banks are not open on bank holidays.
- (comparable) Receptive.
- I am open to new ideas.
- (not comparable) Public
- He published an open letter to the governor on a full page of the New York Times.
- (not comparable) With open access, of open science, or both.
- hopes for all aspects of the project being open rather than paywalled
- (not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
- The man is an open book.
- (now regional) Mild (of the weather); free from frost or snow.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of , that defines a topological space on .
- (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.
- (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.
- I couldn't save my changes because another user had the same file open.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To be in a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) To be in a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- (business) Not fulfilled.
- I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me.
- Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
- an open question
- to keep an offer or opportunity open
- your account will remain open until we receive final settlement.
- (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- (music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- an open winter
- (law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- You will observe that this is an open letter and we reserve the right to mention it to the judge should the matter come to trial.
- (phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- (phonetics, of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
- (computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- (computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
Synonyms
- (not closed): accessible, unimpeded
- (ending in a vowel): free
- (with a free license and no proprietary components): free
Antonyms
- (accessible): closed, shut
- (law): without prejudice
- (ending in a vowel): closed, checked
- (with a free license and no proprietary components): closed-source, proprietary
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- break open
- clopen
- drop open
- keep an eye open
- keep a weather eye open
- lay open
- open-door policy
- open-heart surgery, open heart surgery
- open-jaw ticket
- open-kneed breeches
- open-top, open-topped
- open-topper
- openable
- open bar
- open book
- open cluster
- open compound
- open content
- open design
- open fireplace
- open fracture
- Open Game
- open goal
- open ground
- open harp
- open house
- open interest
- open letter
- open listing
- open loop
- open marriage
- open matte
- open mic
- open mind
- open outcry
- open outsourcing
- Open PaaS
- open problem
- open proxy
- open road
- open sandwich
- open sea
- open season
- open secret
- openside
- open sight
- open source
- open space
- open system
- Open University
- open water
- wide open
- with open arms
Translations
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Verb
open (third-person singular simple present opens, present participle opening, simple past and past participle opened)
- (transitive) To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
- Turn the doorknob to open the door.
- (transitive) To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
- He opened a path through the undergrowth.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- (Manglish, Philippines) To turn on; to switch on.
- Open your webcam. ― Turn on your webcam.
- Open the fan please. ― Please switch on the fan.
- Open the lights please. ― Please turn on the lights.
- (transitive) To bring up, broach.
- I don't want to open that subject.
- (transitive) To enter upon, begin.
- to open a discussion
- to open fire upon an enemy
- to open trade, or correspondence
- to open a case in court, or a meeting
- (transitive) To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
- to open a closed fist
- to open matted cotton by separating the fibres
- to open a map, book, or scroll
- (transitive) To make accessible to customers or clients.
- I will open the shop an hour early tomorrow.
- (transitive) To start (a campaign).
- Vermont will open elk hunting season next week.
- (intransitive) To become open.
- The door opened all by itself.
- (intransitive) To begin conducting business.
- The shop opens at 9:00.
- (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- After the first two players fold, Julie opens for $5.
- (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
- (transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
Usage notes
- Due to the near-opposite meanings relating to fluid flow and electrical components, these usages are deprecated in safety-critical instructions, with the words to on or to off preferred, so instead of Open valve A; open switch B" use Turn valve A to ON; turn switch B to OFF.
Conjugation
Synonyms
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- (to make accessible): crack (open a bit)
Derived terms
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Noun
open (plural opens)
- (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!
- Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open, dodging instead from thicket to thicket.
- (with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open.
- (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete.
- the Australian Open
- The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
open - Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈʊə̯.pən/
Verb
open (present open, present participle openende, past participle geopen)
- (transitive) to open
Related terms
open - Catalan
Noun
open m (plural open or òpens)
open - Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈoː.pə(n)/
- Hyphenation: open
Adjective
open (comparative opener, superlative openst)
Inflection
Inflection of open | ||||
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uninflected | open | |||
inflected | open | |||
comparative | opener | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | open | opener | het openst het openste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | open | opener | openste |
n. sing. | open | opener | openste | |
plural | open | opener | openste | |
definite | open | opener | openste | |
partitive | opens | openers | — |
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
open
Anagrams
open - Finnish
Noun
open
- genitive singular of ope
open - French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɔ.pɛn/, /ɔ.pœn/
Noun
open m (plural opens)
open - Middle Dutch
Adjective
ōpen
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Descendants
open - Middle English
Alternative forms
- opyn, ope
Adjective
open (comparative more open, superlative most open)
Related terms
Descendants
open - Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA: /²oːpən/
Adjective
open (neuter ope or opent, definite singular and plural opne, comparative opnare, indefinite superlative opnast, definite superlative opnaste)
- open
- Kvifor er døra open?
- Why is the door open?
Usage notes
A common, but unofficial, feminine form is opa (“ei opa dør”, compare lita and inga). Up until 2012, opi was an optional official form, but was removed along with other forms like liti and ingi.
Related terms
open - Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈo.pen/
Adjective
open
Declension
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | open | open | open |
Accusative | openne | opene | open |
Genitive | openes | openre | openes |
Dative | openum | openre | openum |
Instrumental | opene | openre | opene |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | opene | opena, opene | open |
Accusative | opene | opena, opene | open |
Genitive | openra | openra | openra |
Dative | openum | openum | openum |
Instrumental | openum | openum | openum |
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | opena | opene | opene |
Accusative | openan | openan | opene |
Genitive | openan | openan | openan |
Dative | openan | openan | openan |
Instrumental | openan | openan | openan |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | openan | openan | openan |
Accusative | openan | openan | openan |
Genitive | openra, openena | openra, openena | openra, openena |
Dative | openum | openum | openum |
Instrumental | openum | openum | openum |
Derived terms
Descendants
open - Plautdietsch
Adjective
open
open - Romanian
Noun
open n (plural openuri)
- open (sports event)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) open | openul | (niște) openuri | openurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) open | openului | (unor) openuri | openurilor |
vocative | openule | openurilor |
open - Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈopen/ [ˈo.pẽn]
- Syllabification: o‧pen
Noun
open m (plural opens or open)