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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle English open, from Old English open (“open”), from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”), from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“up from under, over”). Cognate with Scots open (“open”), Saterland Frisian eepen (“open”), West Frisian iepen (“open”), Dutch open (“open”), Low German open, apen (“open”), German offen (“open”), Swedish öppen (“open”), Norwegian open (“open”), Icelandic opinn (“open”). Compare also Latin supinus (“on one's back, supine”), Albanian hap (“to open”). Related to up.

Adjective [edit]

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.
    It was as if his body had gone to sleep standing up and with his eyes open.
    • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 2
      The open road, the dusty highway...
  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) Which 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.
  9. (business) Not fulfilled.
    I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me.
  10. (music, stringed instruments) without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard
Synonyms [edit]
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from the adjective "open"
Translations [edit]
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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Verb [edit]

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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.
    He opened a path through the undergrowth.
  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.
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from open (verb)
Translations [edit]
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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Noun [edit]

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.
Translations [edit]
sports event
broken wire
open space
public knowledge; (to bring into) the open

Statistics [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English open.

Noun [edit]

open m (plural opens)

  1. (sports) open

Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈoː.pə(n)/
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Adjective [edit]

open (comparative opener, superlative openst)

  1. open

Declension [edit]

Declension of open
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial open opener
neuter
singular		 indefinite open opener
definite open opener openste openst, openste
common singular open opener openste openste
plural open opener openste openste
partitive opens openers

Derived terms [edit]

Antonyms [edit]

Verb [edit]

open

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

Anagrams [edit]

Finnish [edit]

Noun [edit]

open

  1. Genitive singular form of ope.

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

English open

Noun [edit]

open m (plural opens)

  1. open tournament

Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse opinn.

Adjective [edit]

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

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

References [edit]

  • “open” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Old English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Adjective [edit]

open

  1. open

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English open.

Noun [edit]

open m (plural opens)

  1. (sports) open
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