open
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ō'pən, МФА(кључ): /ˈəʊ.pən/
- (US) enPR: ō'pən, МФА(кључ): /ˈoʊ.pən/
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Etymology 1
From Средњи Енглески open, from Стари Енглески open (“open”), from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”), from Пра-Индо-Европски *upo (“up from under, over”). Cognate with Шкотски apen (“open”), Saterland Frisian eepen (“open”), West Frisian iepen (“open”), Холандски open (“open”), Low German open, apen (“open”), Немачки offen (“open”), Дански åben (“open”), Шведски öppen (“open”), Norwegian Bokmål åpen (“open”), Norwegian Nynorsk open (“open”), Исландски opinn (“open”). Compare also Латински supinus (“on one's back, supine”), Албански 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 јул 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
- 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
- Шаблон: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.
- Шаблон:rfdatek, Acts xix. 33
- If Demetrius […] have a matter against any man, the law is open and there are deputies.
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- 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.
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- His thefts are too open.
- Шаблон:RQ:Milton Paradise Lost
- (not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
- The man is an open book.
- Шаблон:rfdatek
- with aspect open, shall erect his head
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- The Moor is of a free and open nature.
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- 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, 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.
- 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:
- "Supposing somebody sees you, with all those flowers too? Supposing somebody writes him a letter? Ooooh!" (a pure round open Tamil O.)
- (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
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Etymology 2
From Средњи Енглески openen, from Стари Енглески 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”), Холандски openen (“to open”), Немачки öffnen (“to open”), Дански åbne (“to open”), Шведски öppna (“to open”), Norwegian Bokmål åpne (“to open”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Исландски opna (“to open”). Related to Енглески up.
Verb
open (third-person singular simple present opens, present participle opening, simple past and past participle opened)
- (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:
- I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess[1]:
- ‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
- 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:
- I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
- 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.
- Шаблон:rfdatek
- The king opened himself to some of his council, that he was sorry for the earl's death.
- Шаблон:rfdatek, Jer. xx. 12
- Unto thee have I opened my cause.
- Шаблон:rfdatek
Hyponyms
- (to make accessible): crack (open a bit)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 3
From Средњи Енглески 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 Холандски openen, from Средњи Холандски ōpenen, from Стари Холандски opanon, from Proto-Germanic *upanōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
open (present open, present participle openende, past participle geopen)
- (transitive) to open
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
Noun
open m (plural open or òpens)
- (sports) open
Dutch
Pronunciation
- МФА(кључ): /ˈoː.pə(n)/
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- Риме: -oːpən
Etymology 1
From Средњи Холандски ōpen, from Стари Холандски 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
- Африканс: oop
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
open
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
open
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 Стари Холандски opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz.
Adjective
Inflection
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Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “open”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “open (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Стари Енглески 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 Дански åben, Исландски opinn, Шведски öppen, Холандски open, Low German apen, open, Немачки offen, West Frisian iepen, Енглески 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 Стари Енглески ūp (“up”). Cognate with Old Frisian open, opin, epen (West Frisian iepen), Old Saxon opan, open (Low German apen, open), Холандски open, Old High German offan, ofan, ophan (Немачки offen), Old Norse opinn (Дански åben, Норвешки open, Шведски öppen).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
open m (plural opens or open)
- (sports) open
- Енглески говор
- Енглески 2-слог речи
- Енглески термини са ИПА изговором
- Риме:Енглески/əʊpən
- Енглески изрази наслеђени од Средњи Енглески
- Енглески појмови изведени из Средњи Енглески
- Енглески изрази наслеђени од Стари Енглески
- Енглески појмови изведени из Стари Енглески
- Енглески изрази наслеђени од Proto-Germanic
- Енглески појмови изведени из Proto-Germanic
- Енглески појмови изведени из Пра-Индо-Европски
- Енглески придеви
- Енглески термини са наводима
- Енглески terms with usage examples
- Terms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones
- Terms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones/syl
- Захтеви за преиспитивање Свахили преводи
- Захтеви за преиспитивање Турски преводи
- Енглески леме
- Енглески глаголи
- Енглески transitive verbs
- Енглески intransitive verbs
- Енглески terms with obsolete senses
- Terms with redundant transliterations
- Terms with redundant transliterations/mnc
- Terms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones/otk
- Захтеви за преиспитивање Велшки преводи
- Енглески именице
- Енглески бројевне именице
- English adjectives ending in -en
- English basic words
- English ergative verbs
- Африканс изрази наслеђени од Холандски
- Африканс појмови изведени из Холандски
- Африканс изрази наслеђени од Средњи Холандски
- Африканс појмови изведени из Средњи Холандски
- Африканс изрази наслеђени од Стари Холандски
- Африканс појмови изведени из Стари Холандски
- Африканс изрази наслеђени од Proto-Germanic
- Африканс појмови изведени из Proto-Germanic
- Африканс термини са ИПА изговором
- Африканс verbs
- Африканс transitive verbs
- Каталонски појмови изведени из Енглески
- Каталонски леме
- Каталонски именице
- Холандски термини са ИПА изговором
- Риме:Холандски/oːpən
- Холандски изрази наслеђени од Средњи Холандски
- Холандски појмови изведени из Средњи Холандски
- Холандски изрази наслеђени од Стари Холандски
- Холандски појмови изведени из Стари Холандски
- Холандски изрази наслеђени од Proto-Germanic
- Холандски појмови изведени из Proto-Germanic
- Холандски леме
- Холандски adjectives
- Холандски verb form
- Фински noun form
- Француски термини позајмљени од Енглески
- Француски појмови изведени из Енглески
- Француски 2-слог речи
- Француски термини са ИПА изговором
- Француски леме
- Француски именице
- Француски countable именице
- Француски именице with red links in their headword lines
- Средњи Холандски изрази наслеђени од Стари Холандски
- Средњи Холандски појмови изведени из Стари Холандски
- Средњи Холандски изрази наслеђени од Proto-Germanic
- Средњи Холандски појмови изведени из Proto-Germanic
- Референце шаблони којима недостаје насловни параметар
- Средњи Енглески изрази наслеђени од Стари Енглески
- Средњи Енглески појмови изведени из Стари Енглески
- Средњи Енглески изрази наслеђени од Proto-Germanic
- Средњи Енглески појмови изведени из Proto-Germanic
- Средњи Енглески adjective
- Norwegian Nynorsk појмови изведени из Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk појмови изведени из Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk термини са ИПА изговором
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples
- Стари Енглески изрази наслеђени од Proto-Germanic
- Стари Енглески појмови изведени из Proto-Germanic
- Стари Енглески термини са ИПА изговором
- Шпански појмови изведени из Енглески
- Шпански термини са ИПА изговором
- Шпански леме
- Шпански именице
- Missing Spanish noun forms