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Meaning
Adj
●
Not closed.
Able to be
accessed
(physically).
Able to have something
pass through
or along it.
Not
covered
;
showing
what is inside.
●
Not
physically
drawn
together,
closed
,
folded
or
contracted
; extended.
●
Actively
conducting
or
prepared
to
conduct
business.
●
Receptive.
●
Public
●
With
open access
, of
open
science
, or both.
●
Candid,
ingenuous
, not
subtle
in character.
●
In Regional English:
Mild (of the
weather
);
free
from
frost
or snow.
●
In Logic & Mathematics:
Having a
free
variable.
●
In Mathematics & Topology:
Which is part of a
predefined
collection
of
subsets
of X, that
defines
a
topological space
on X.
●
In Graph theory:
Whose
first and last
vertices
are different.
●
In Computing:
In current use;
connected
to as a resource.
●
In Engineering:
To be in a
position
allowing
fluid
to flow.
●
In Electricity:
To be in a
position
preventing
electricity
from flowing.
●
In Business:
Not fulfilled.
●
Not
settled
or
adjusted
; not
decided
or
determined
; not
closed
or
withdrawn
from consideration.
●
In Music:
Of a
note
,
played
without
pressing
the
string
against the fingerboard.
●
In 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.
●
In Law:
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.
●
In Phonetics:
Uttered with a
relatively
wide
opening
of the
articulating
organs
; said of vowels.
●
In Phonetics:
Uttered, as a
consonant
, with the
oral
passage
simply
narrowed
without closure.
●
In Phonetics:
That
ends in
a
vowel
; not having a coda.
●
In Computing & Education:
Made public,
usable
with a
free
licence
and without
proprietary
components.
●
In Medicine:
Resulting from an
incision
,
puncture
or any other process by which the
skin
no longer
protects
an
internal
part of the body.
●
In Computing:
Source
code
of a
computer program
that is not within the
text
of a
macro
being generated.
●
Having
component
words
separated
by
spaces
,
as opposed to
being
joined
together or
hyphenated
;
for example
,
time slot
as opposed to
timeslot
or time-slot.
Verb
●
To make something
accessible
or
allow for
passage
by
moving
from a
shut
position.
●
To make (an
open space
, etc.) by
clearing away
an
obstacle
or
obstacle
s, in order to
allow for
passage
, access, or visibility.
●
In Engineering:
To
move
to a
position
allowing
fluid
to flow.
●
In Electricity:
To
move
to a
position
preventing
electricity
from flowing.
●
In Manglish & Philippine English:
To
turn on
; to
switch
on.
●
To
bring up
, broach.
●
To
enter
upon, begin.
●
To
spread
; to
expand
into an
open
or
loose
position.
●
To make
accessible
to customers or clients.
●
To
start
(a campaign).
●
To become open.
●
To
begin
conducting
business.
●
In Cricket:
To
begin
a side's
innings
as one
of the first two batsmen.
●
In Poker:
To
bet
before any other
player
has in a particular
betting
round in
a game
of poker.
●
In Poker:
To
reveal
one's
hand.
●
In Computing:
To
connect
to a
resource
(a
file
,
document
, etc.) for
viewing
or editing.
●
To make (a
bed
)
ready
for a
patient
by
folding
back the
bed
covers.
●
To
disclose
; to
reveal
; to
interpret
; to explain.
Noun
●
Open or
unobstructed
space
; an
exposed
location.
●
Public knowledge or
scrutiny
;
full
view.
●
In Electronics:
A
defect
in an
electrical circuit
preventing
current from flowing.
●
A
sports
event
in which anybody can compete.
●
The
act
of something being
opened
, such as an
e-mail
message.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
open
English
open
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Free
Accessible
Unimpeded
Raise
Start
Unseal
Bare
Begin
Reveal
Ouvert
Candid
Inaugurates
Lay Bare
Antonyms
Closed
Shut
Checked
Closed-Source
Proprietary
Bare
Close
Tight
Hidden
Without Prejudice
Shut Up
Related
Empty
Secure
Close
Clear
Shut
Enter
Clean
Closed
Connect
Access
Expand
Join
Closing
Lock
Active
Launch
Available
Friendly
Leave
Accessible
Create
Transparent
Unlock
Start
Reach
Safe
Fill
Run
Unlocked
Visit
Introduce
Build
Warm
Public
Exit
Install
Select
Slam
Extend
Update
Download
Interactive
View
Release
Complete
Direct
Register
Host
Fair
Connected
Move
Purchase
Full
Pop
Fix
Responsive
Honest
Ajar
Inviting
Activate
Close Down
More
Rhymes
Open
Reopen
Clopen
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