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Sounds | ow'pahn |
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Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Affording unobstructed entrance and exit. Not shut or closed. |
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Examples | "an open door"; "they left the door open" |
Synonyms | unfastened |
Similar | ajar; wide-open |
See also | open |
Contrary | shut, unopen, closed |
Meaning | Affording free passage or access. |
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Examples | "open drains"; "the road is open to traffic"; "open ranks" |
Similar | opened; unstoppered; yawning |
See also | open, unfastened; unsealed |
Contrary | closed |
Adverbs | openly |
Meaning | With no protection or shield. |
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Examples | "open to the weather"; "an open wound" |
Synonyms | exposed |
Similar to | unprotected |
Meaning | Open to or in view of all. |
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Examples | "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor" |
Similar to | public |
Meaning | Used of mouth or eyes. |
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Examples | "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened" |
Synonyms | opened |
Similar | agape, gaping; agaze, staring; round-eyed, wide-eyed, wide; yawning |
Contrary | closed, shut |
Meaning | Not having been filled. |
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Examples | "the job is still open" |
Similar to | available |
Meaning | Accessible to all. |
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Examples | "open season"; "an open economy" |
Similar to | unrestricted |
Meaning | Not defended or capable of being defended. |
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Examples | "an open city"; "open to attack" |
Synonyms | assailable, undefendable, undefended |
Similar to | vulnerable |
Meaning | (of textures) full of small openings or gaps. |
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Examples | "an open texture" |
Synonyms | loose |
Similar to | coarse |
Meaning | Having no protecting cover or enclosure. |
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Examples | "an open boat"; "an open fire"; "open sports cars" |
Similar to | unenclosed |
Meaning | Opened out. |
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Examples | "an open newspaper" |
Similar to | unfolded |
Meaning | Of a set. Containing points whose neighborhood consists of other points of the same set, or being the complement of an open set. Of an interval. Containing neither of its end points. |
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Category | mathematics, math, maths |
Contrary | closed |
Meaning | Not brought to a conclusion. Subject to further thought. |
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Examples | "an open question" |
Synonyms | undecided, undetermined, unresolved |
Similar to | unsettled |
Meaning | Not sealed or having been unsealed. |
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Examples | "the letter was already open"; "the opened package lay on the table" |
Synonyms | opened |
Similar to | unsealed |
Meaning | Without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition. |
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Examples | "the clarity and resonance of an open tone"; "her natural and open response" |
Similar to | unconstricted |
Meaning | Relatively empty of and unobstructed by fences or hedges or headlands or shoals. |
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Examples | "in open country"; "the open countryside"; "open waters"; "on the open seas" |
Similar to | empty |
Meaning | Open and observable. Not secret or hidden. |
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Synonyms | overt |
Similar | bald, barefaced; naked, raw; undisguised; obvious, visible |
See also | explicit, expressed; public; unconcealed |
Contrary | covert |
Meaning | Used of string or hole or pipe of instruments. |
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Synonyms | unstopped |
Category | music |
Contrary | stopped |
Meaning | Not requiring union membership. |
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Examples | "an open shop employs nonunion workers" |
Similar to | nonunion |
Meaning | possibly accepting or permitting. |
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Examples | "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question" |
Synonyms | capable, subject |
Similar to | susceptible |
Meaning | Not secret. |
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Examples | "open plans"; "an open ballot" |
Similar to | unconcealed |
Meaning | Without any attempt at concealment. Completely obvious. |
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Examples | "open disregard of the law"; "open family strife"; "open hostility" |
Synonyms | blatant, blazing, conspicuous |
Similar to | unconcealed |
Meaning | Affording free passage or view. |
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Synonyms | clear |
Similar to | unobstructed |
Meaning | Lax in enforcing laws. |
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Examples | "an open town" |
Synonyms | wide-open, lawless |
Similar to | unlawful |
Meaning | Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness. |
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Examples | "an open and trusting nature" |
Synonyms | candid, heart-to-heart |
Similar to | ingenuous, artless |
Meaning | Sincere and free of reserve in expression. |
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Examples | "Please be open with me" |
Similar to | honest, honorable |
Meaning | Receptive to new ideas. |
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Examples | "an open mind"; "open to new ideas" |
Similar to | unprejudiced, impartial |
Meaning | Ready for business. |
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Examples | "the stores are open" |
Similar to | active |
Meaning | A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water. |
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Examples | "finally broke out of the forest into the open" |
Synonyms | clear |
Broader | area, country |
Meaning | Where the air is unconfined. |
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Examples | "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open" |
Synonyms | outdoors, out-of-doors, open air |
Broader | outside, exterior |
Meaning | A tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play. |
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Broader | tournament, tourney |
Meaning | Information that has become public. |
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Examples | "all the reports were out in the open" |
Synonyms | surface |
Broader | public knowledge, general knowledge |
Verbs | open |
Meaning | Cause to open or to become open. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | They want to open the doors |
Examples | "Mary opened the car door" |
Synonyms | open up |
Cause to | open, open up |
Narrower | unbar; break open; click open; reopen; unlock; unbolt; unseal; uncork; pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy; gap, breach; lance |
Contrary | close, shut |
Nouns | opening; opener; opening; opener |
Meaning | Start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Model | The business is going to open |
Examples | "open a business" |
Synonyms | open up |
Narrower | establish, set up, found, launch |
Contrary | close, fold, shut down, close down |
Nouns | opening; opening |
Meaning | Become open. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Model | The doors open |
Examples | "The door opened" |
Synonyms | open up |
Caused by | open, open up |
Narrower | unfasten; fly open |
Broader | change state, turn |
Contrary | close, shut |
Nouns | opening |
Meaning | Begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "He opened the meeting with a long speech" |
Narrower | inaugurate; call to order |
Broader | start, start up, embark on, commence |
Contrary | close |
See also | open up |
Nouns | opener; opening; opening |
Meaning | Spread out or open from a closed or folded state. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "open the map" |
Synonyms | unfold, spread, spread out |
Narrower | divaricate; exfoliate; grass; butterfly; uncross; splay |
Broader | undo |
Contrary | fold, fold up, turn up |
Nouns | opening |
Meaning | Make available. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "This opens up new possibilities" |
Synonyms | open up |
Cause to | open, open up |
Broader | yield, give, afford |
Nouns | opening |
Meaning | Become available. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "an opportunity opened up" |
Synonyms | open up |
Caused by | open, open up |
Broader | arise, come up |
Nouns | opening |
Meaning | Have an opening or passage or outlet. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "The bedrooms open into the hall" |
Nouns | opening; opening; opening |
Meaning | Make the opening move. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "Kasparov opened with a standard opening" |
Category | chess, chess game |
Broader | move, go |
Nouns | opening |
Meaning | Afford access to. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "the door opens to the patio" |
Synonyms | afford, give |
Nouns | open; opening |
Meaning | Display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | expose, exhibit, display |
Contrary | close |