Open Meaning and Definition

Word: Open

How to pronounce: ˈəʊpən

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked up.

Example sentences: "The pass is kept open all year by snowplows"

2. Exposed to the air or to view; not covered.

Example sentences: "An open fire burned in the grate"

3. With the outer edges or sides drawn away from each other; unfolded.

4. (of a store, place of entertainment, etc.) officially admitting customers or visitors; available for business.

Example sentences: "The store stays open until 9 p.m."

5. Freely available or accessible; offered without restriction.

Example sentences: "The service is open to all students at the university"

6. (of a person) frank and communicative; not given to deception or concealment.

Example sentences: "I was quite open about my views"

7. (of a question, case, or decision) not finally settled; still admitting of debate.

Example sentences: "Students' choice of major can be kept open until the second year"

8. (of a note) sounded from an open string or pipe.

Example sentences: "He provides a great deal of hard information about transposing brass instruments, such as hand horns crooked in different keys to give a maximum of open notes."

9. (of a string) allowed to vibrate along its whole length.

Example sentences: "You can learn how to use an open string to give a reference tone when playing the fiddle."

10. (of an electrical circuit) having a break in the conducting path.

Example sentences: "No or low output voltage means the transformer winding has open or shorted winding."

11. (of a vowel) produced with a relatively wide opening of the mouth and the tongue kept low.

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Move or adjust (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and view.

Example sentences: "She opened the door and went in"

2. Unfold or be unfolded; spread out.

Example sentences: "The eagle opened its wings and circled up into the air"

3. Establish (a new business, movement, or enterprise)

Example sentences: "They have opened a new restaurant across the street"

4. Make or become officially ready for customers, visitors, or business.

Example sentences: "One woman raised $731 by opening her home and selling coffee and tea"

5. Make more available or widely known.

Example sentences: "The retirement of Mahatir Mohammed as Prime Minister of Malaysia has opened the possibility of closer Australian relations"

6. Break the conducting path of (an electrical circuit)

Example sentences: "The switch opens the motor circuit"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A championship or competition with no restrictions on who may qualify to compete.

Example sentences: "The venue for the British Open"

2. An accidental break in the conducting path for an electrical current.

Example sentences: "An open in a wire prevents the propagation of a signal past the open."

Synonyms:

open up

unlatch

unblock

unclose

start

launch

reopen

kick off

commence

exposed

receptive

susceptible

uncovered

public

outdoors

unclog

candid

forthright

ope

openhearted

cleared

open wide

unfold

expand

unfurl

extend

spread

unobstructed

loose

overt

outspoken

unreserved

direct

clear

unresolved

free

unstop

plain

straight

bare

unclosed

forthcoming

straightforward

honest

give

unfastened

pending

Antonyms:

closed

close

lock

secret

latch

internal

mystery

shut

cover

hide

shut down

stop

slam

conceal

squeeze

bury

cover up

unopened

covered

unresolved

inner

unsolved

hidden

Derivations:

opening

openness

opener

opened

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Open in Other Languages...

Spanish: Abrir

German: öffnen

French: Ouvrir

Italian: Aprire

Turkish: Açılmak