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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.5.2 Derived terms 1.6 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.2.2 Antonyms 2.3 Verb form 3 Finnish 3.1 Noun 4 Old English 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Adjective

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• (RP) enPR: ō'pən, IPA: /ˈəʊ.pən/, SAMPA: /"@Up@n/
• (US) enPR: ō'pən, IPA: /ˈoʊ.pən/, SAMPA: /"oUp@n/
• Rhymes: -əʊpən
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[edit] Etymology

Old English open, from Proto-Germanic *upana (compare Old High German offan (“‘open’”)), from Proto-Indo-European *upo "up from under, over"

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open (comparative more open, superlative most open)

1. (not comparable) Which is not closed; accessible; 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. (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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• (not closed): accessible

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• (accessible): closed, shut

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to 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 or 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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• (to make accessible): close, shut

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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.

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• Alphagram: enop
• nope
• peon
• pone

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[edit] Adjective

open

1. open

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• openbaar
• openbaren

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• gesloten

[edit] Verb form

open

1. first person singular present tense of openen
2. imperative form of openen

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open

1. Genitive singular form of ope.

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

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

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open

1. open