Open

Word OPEN
Character 4
Hyphenation o pen
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Open"

What do we mean by open?

Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed. adjective

Affording unobstructed passage or view. adjective

Having no protecting or concealing cover. adjective

Completely obvious; blatant. adjective

Carried on in full view of others; not hidden or private. adjective

Not defended or not closely defended by an opponent. adjective

Not sealed or tied. adjective

Spread out; unfolded. adjective

Having interspersed gaps, spaces, or intervals. adjective

Accessible to all; unrestricted as to participants. adjective

Free from limitations, boundaries, or restrictions. adjective

Enterable by registered voters regardless of political affiliation. adjective

Of or relating to a file that can be accessed. adjective

Lacking effective regulation. adjective

Not legally repressed. adjective

Not closed

Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended

Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.

Receptive.

Public

Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.

(of a formula) Having a free variable.

(of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.

(of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.

(of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.

Not fulfilled.

Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.

(stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.

(wind instruments) 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.

(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")

Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.

Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.

(of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.

Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.

Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.

The word "open" in example sentences

When Jesus said that heaven would be opened, He meant not only opened just once, but _remaining open_; so that ever since Christ ascended into heaven we have lived and are still living under an "open heaven," which means free intercourse between God and man, because Christ Himself is the ❋ Louisa Clayton (N/A)

And if the parasite can, as some of our peasants believe, open all locks, why should it not have served as an “open Sesame” in the hands of Aeneas to unlock the gates of death? ❋ Unknown (1922)

In a flute, open at both ends, the holes are so arranged that the length of the sound-wave is about one foot, for one of the chief “open notes. ❋ Lord Kelvin (1909)

A desirable rule for the teacher to set for himself would be so to prepare for the recitation by mastery of the subject, and by lesson plan or outline, _that he does not need to have the textbook open before him when the pupils do not also have their books open_. ❋ George Herbert Betts (1901)

Any method of heating -- open fireplace, stove, hot air, furnace, hot water, or steam -- which will keep a room _with the windows open_ comfortably warm in cold weather is satisfactory and healthful. ❋ Woods Hutchinson (1896)

"Oh yes," he said gruffly, "_they're_ open -- they're _open_; though there ain't much going on out-of-doors, being the last night of the season." ❋ F. Anstey (1895)

To open a shop, warehouse, or workhouse on Sunday is a fifty dollar offense, and it is fifty dollars also for doing "any manner of labor, business or work" on Sunday, unless the judge considers it a matter of necessity or charity; nevertheless, the "making of butter and cheese" is good Sunday work, if we do not _open the doors_ which would bring on a $50 fine. ❋ Unknown (1856)

A farm house should never be built without an ample, open fireplace in its kitchen, and other _principally_ occupied rooms; and in all rooms where stoves are placed, and fires are daily required, the _open_ Franklin should take place of the close or air-tight stove, unless extraordinary ventilation to such rooms be adopted also. ❋ Lewis Falley Allen (1845)

Iëna then went in advance, and sought the open plain, whereupon the child resembling the mother would cry out and complain, because she disliked an _open_ path. ❋ Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1828)

Korea Signs 'Open Sky' Agreement with Canada The number of flights to Canada is likely to increase after Korea and Canada reached an open air transportation -- or ¡°open sky¡± -- agreement on Thursday. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That being said, the term "open relationship" is when both parties in a relationship or marriage agree that having another sexual or romantic relationship is allowed and will be accepted and tolerated. ❋ Amy Shiner (2011)

When we hear the term "open marriage," no doubt there is a range of thoughts, emotions and judgments that leap forward. ❋ Darryl A. Cobbin (2011)

"The 1980s and much of the 1990s saw an almost complete eradication of the term 'open marriage' from public discourse," said Dr. Curtis R. ❋ By ALEX WILLIAMS (2012)

That so many have opened and remain open is a testament to how seriously things have changed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She kept her gaze fixed on him, her expression open and warm. ❋ Vince Flynn (2010)

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