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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Old English open, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (compare Old High German offan (“open”)), from Proto-Indo-European *upo "up from under, over". Cognate with German offen, Low German apen and Swedish öppen.

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open (comparative more open, superlative most open)

  1. (not comparable) Which is not closed; accessible; unimpeded; as, an open gate.
    Turn left after the second open door.
    • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 2
      The open road, the dusty highway...
    It was as if his body had gone to sleep standing up and with his eyes open.
  2. (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
    Banks are not open on bank holidays.
  3. (comparable) Receptive.
    I am open to new ideas.
  4. (not comparable) Public; as, an open letter, an open declaration.
    He published an open letter to the governor on a full page of the New York Times.
  5. (not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character:
    The man is an open book.
  6. (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
  7. (mathematics, topology, of a set) Is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
  8. (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.
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Terms derived from the adjective "open"
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not closed
prepared to conduct business
receptive
public
candid
math: having a free variable
math: is part of a predefined collection of subsets
computing: in current use
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[edit] Verb

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open (third-person singular simple present opens, present participle opening, simple past and past participle opened)

  1. (transitive) To make something accessible or removing an obstacle to something being accessible.
    Turn the doorknob to open the door.
  2. (transitive) To bring up (a topic).
    I don't want to open that subject.
  3. (transitive) To make accessible to customers or clients.
    I will open the shop an hour early tomorrow.
  4. (transitive) To start (a campaign).
    Vermont will open elk hunting season next week.
  5. (intransitive) To become open.
    The door opened all by itself.
  6. (intransitive) To begin conducting business.
    The shop opens at 9:00.
  7. (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
  8. (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.
  9. (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
    Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush.
  10. (computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
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Terms derived from the verb "open"
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to make something accessible
to bring up (a topic)
to make accessible to customers
to start (a campaign)
to become open
to begin conducting business
to begin a side's innings
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[edit] Noun

open (plural opens)

  1. A sports event in which anybody can contest; as, the Australian Open.
  2. (electronics) a wire that is broken midway.
    The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing.
  3. (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.
  4. (with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
    We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open.
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sports event
broken wire
open space
public knowledge; (to bring into) the open

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From English open.

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open m. (plural opens)

  1. (sports) open

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Old Dutch *opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz.

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open (comparative opener, superlative openst)

  1. open

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Declension of open
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial open opener  
neuter
singular		 indefinite open opener
definite open opener openste het openst(e)
common singular open opener openste de openste
plural open opener openste de openste
partitive opens openers  


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open

  1. first-person singular present indicative of openen.
  2. imperative of openen.

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open

  1. Genitive singular form of ope.

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English open

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open m. (plural opens)

  1. open tournament

[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Old Norse opinn.

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open (masculine open; feminine open [opi]; neuter ope/opi [opent]; definite singular opne; plural opne; comparative opnare; superlative indefinite opnast; superlative definite opnaste)

  1. open
    Kvifor er døra open?
    Why is the door open?

[edit] References

  • “open” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *upanaz. Originally a past participle of Proto-Germanic *ūpanan (“to lift up, open”). Akin to Old English ūp (“up”).

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open

  1. open

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From English open.

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open m. (plural opens)

  1. (sports) open
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