open
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ō'pən, MFA(ključ): /ˈəʊ.pən/
- (US) enPR: ō'pən, MFA(ključ): /ˈoʊ.pən/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rime: -əʊpən
Etymology 1
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 apen (“open”), Saterland Frisian eepen (“open”), West Frisian iepen (“open”), Holandski open (“open”), Low German open, apen (“open”), Nemački offen (“open”), Danski åben (“open”), Švedski öppen (“open”), Norwegian Bokmål åpen (“open”), Norwegian Nynorsk open (“open”), Icelandic opinn (“open”). Compare also Latinski supinus (“on one's back, supine”), Albanski hap (“to open”). Related to up.
Adjective
open (comparative more open, superlative most open)
- (not comparable) Not closed; accessible; unimpeded.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 2
- The open road, the dusty highway […]
- 2013 jul 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
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- 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
- Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded.
- an open hand; an open flower; an open prospect
- Šablon:rfdatek
- Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight.
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- Banks are not open on bank holidays.
- (comparable) Receptive.
- I am open to new ideas.
- Šablon:rfdatek, Acts xix. 33
- If Demetrius […] have a matter against any man, the law is open and there are deputies.
- Šablon:rfdatek
- The service that I truly did his life, / Hath left me open to all injuries.
- (not comparable) Public
- He published an open letter to the governor on a full page of the New York Times.
- Šablon:rfdatek
- His thefts are too open.
- Šablon:RQ:Milton Paradise Lost
- (not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
- The man is an open book.
- Šablon:rfdatek
- with aspect open, shall erect his head
- Šablon:rfdatek
- The Moor is of a free and open nature.
- Šablon:rfdatek
- The French are always open, familiar, and talkative.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of , that defines a topological space on .
- (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.
- (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.
- (business) Not fulfilled.
- I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me.
- Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
- an open question
- to keep an offer or opportunity open
- your account will remain open until we receive final settlement.
- (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- (music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- an open winter
- (law) (Of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement. (Opposite of "without prejudice")
- You will observe that this is an open letter and we reserve the right to mention it to the judge should the matter come to trial.
- (phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, strana 421:
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- (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- (phonetics, of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
- (computing) Made public, usable with a free licence.
- (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
Synonyms
- (not closed): accessible, unimpeded
- (ending in a vowel): free
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- break open
- clopen
- drop open
- keep an eye open
- keep a weather eye open
- lay open
- openable
- open bar
- open book
- open cluster
- open compound
- open content
- open design
- open-door policy
- open fireplace
- open goal
- open ground
- open harp
- open heart surgery
- open house
- open interest
- open-kneed breeches
- open letter
- open listing
- open loop
- open marriage
- open matte
- open mic
- open mind
- open outcry
- open outsourcing
- Open PaaS
- open problem
- open proxy
- open sandwich
- open sea
- open season
- open secret
- openside
- open sight
- opensightly
- open source
- open system
- open-top
- open-topper
- Open University
- open water
- wide open
- with open arms
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Middle English openen, from Old English openian (“to open”), from Proto-Germanic *upanōną (“to raise; lift; open”), from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”, adjective). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eepenje (“to open”), West Frisian iepenje (“to open”), Holandski openen (“to open”), Nemački öffnen (“to open”), Danski åbne (“to open”), Švedski öppna (“to open”), Norwegian Bokmål åpne (“to open”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic opna (“to open”). Related to Engleski up.
Verb
open
- (transitive) To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
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- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess[1]:
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- Turn the doorknob to open the door.
- (transitive) To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
- He opened a path through the undergrowth.
- (transitive) To bring up, broach.
- I don't want to open that subject.
- (transitive) To enter upon, begin.
- to open a discussion
- to open fire upon an enemy
- to open trade, or correspondence
- to open a case in court, or a meeting
- (transitive) To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
- to open a closed fist
- to open matted cotton by separating the fibres
- to open a map, book, or scroll
- (transitive) To make accessible to customers or clients.
- I will open the shop an hour early tomorrow.
- (transitive) To start (a campaign).
- Vermont will open elk hunting season next week.
- (intransitive) To become open.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
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- The door opened all by itself.
- (intransitive) To begin conducting business.
- The shop opens at 9:00.
- (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (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.
- (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
- (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
- Šablon:rfdatek
- The king opened himself to some of his council, that he was sorry for the earl's death.
- Šablon:rfdatek, Jer. xx. 12
- Unto thee have I opened my cause.
- Šablon:rfdatek
Hyponyms
- (to make accessible): crack (open a bit)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 3
From Middle English open (“an aperture or opening”), from the verb (see Etymology 2 above).
Noun
open (plural opens)
- A sports event in which anybody can compete; as, the Australian Open.
- (electronics) A wire that is broken midway.
- The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing.
- (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.
- (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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Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Holandski openen, from Middle Dutch ōpenen, from Stari Holandski opanon, from Proto-Germanic *upanōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (transitive) to open
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
Noun
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ōpen, from Stari Holandski opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz.
Adjective
open (comparative opener, superlative openst)
Inflection
Inflection of open | ||||
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uninflected | open | |||
inflected | open | |||
comparative | opener | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | open | opener | het openst het openste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | open | opener | openste |
n. sing. | open | opener | openste | |
plural | open | opener | openste | |
definite | open | opener | openste | |
partitive | opens | openers | — |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikanski: oop
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
open
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
open
- genitiva jednine of ope
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
open m (plural opens)
Further reading
- “open” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Stari Holandski opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz.
Adjective
Inflection
Ovaj adjective zahteva inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “open”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “open (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English open, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz.
Adjective
open (comparative more open, superlative most open)
- open
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9-11.
- And smale foweles maken melodye,
- That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
- (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
- And many little birds make melody
- That sleep through all the night with open eye
- (So Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage)
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9-11.
Related terms
Descendants
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse opinn, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz. Compare Danski åben, Icelandic opinn, Švedski öppen, Holandski open, Low German apen, open, Nemački offen, West Frisian iepen, Engleski open.
Pronunciation
Adjective
- open
- Kvifor er døra open?
- Why is the door open?
Related terms
See also
References
- “open” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *upanaz. Originally a past participle of Proto-Germanic *ūpaną (“to lift up, open”). Akin to Old English ūp (“up”). Cognate with Old Frisian open, opin, epen (West Frisian iepen), Old Saxon opan, open (Low German apen, open), Holandski open, Old High German offan, ofan, ophan (Nemački offen), Old Norse opinn (Danski åben, Norwegian open, Švedski öppen).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
open m (plural opens or open)