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Adjective
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- an open and trusting nature
- affording free passage or view
- possibly accepting or permitting
- a passage capable of misinterpretation
- an issue open to question
- the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
- not requiring union membership
- an open shop employs nonunion workers
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
- overt intelligence gathering
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- receptive to the proposals
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- the clarity and resonance of an open tone
- her natural and open response
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- the letter was already open
- the opened package lay on the table
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- our position on this bill is still undecided
- our lawsuit is still undetermined
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- not defended or capable of being defended
- used of mouth or eyes
- his mouth slightly opened
- open to or in view of all
- an open letter to the editor
- with no protection or shield
- the exposed northeast frontier
- affording free passage or access
- the road is open to traffic
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
Verb
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
- afford access to
- the door opens to the patio
- The French doors give onto a terrace
- make the opening move
- Kasparov opened with a standard opening
- have an opening or passage or outlet
- The bedrooms open into the hall
- make available
- This opens up new possibilities
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- He opened the meeting with a long speech
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- cause to open or to become open
Noun
- information that has become public
- all the reports were out in the open
- the facts had been brought to the surface
- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- where the air is unconfined
- he wanted to get outdoors a little
- the concert was held in the open air
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- finally broke out of the forest into the open