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The entry for 'open' is displayed below.
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
open/ˈəʊpən/
- 1 allowing access, passage, or view; not closed, fastened, or restricted.
- 2 exposed to the air or to view or attack; not covered or protected: an open boat.
■ (of land) not covered with buildings or trees.
■ (open to) vulnerable or subject to.
■ (of a town or city) officially declared to be undefended, and so immune under international law from bombardment.
- 3 spread out or unfolded.
■ (of a book) with the covers parted and able to be read.
- 4 admitting customers or visitors; available for business.
■ freely available or accessible.
■ (of an offer or opportunity) still available.
- 5 frank and communicative.
■ not concealed; manifest.
■ welcoming public discussion, criticism, and enquiry: open government.
- 6 (of a matter) not finally settled.
■ (often open to) receptive to new ideas.
■ (open to) admitting of; making possible.
- 7 Music (of a string) allowed to vibrate along its whole length.
■ (of a pipe) unstopped at each end.
- 8 Phonetics (of a vowel) produced with a relatively wide opening of the mouth and the tongue kept low.
■ (of a syllable) ending in a vowel.
- 9 (of an electric circuit) having a break in the conducting path.
- 10 (of a fabric) loosely knitted or woven.
- 1 move (a door, window, etc.) so that it is open.
■ undo or remove the cover or fastening of.
■ (open on to/into) (of a door, window, etc.) give access to.
- 2 unfold or be unfolded; spread out.
■ part the covers of (a book) to read it.
■ (of a prospect) extend into view.
- 3 make or become open for customers or visitors.
■ ceremonially declare (a building, road, etc.) to be completed and ready for use.
- 4 formally begin or establish.
■ (open up or open fire) begin shooting.
■ (of a counsel in a law court) make a preliminary statement in (a case) before calling witnesses.
■ Bridge make (the first bid) in the auction.
- 5 make available or more widely known.
■ (open out/up) become more communicative or confiding.
- 6 break the conducting path of (an electric circuit).
- 1 (the open) outdoors or in the countryside.
■ (usu. in phr. in/into the open) a lack of concealment or secrecy.
- 2 (Open) a championship or competition with no restrictions on who may compete.
- 3 an accidental break in the conducting path for an electric current.
the open air an unenclosed space outdoors.
in open court in a court of law, before the judge and the public.
open-and-shut (of a case or argument) admitting no doubt or dispute; straightforward.
openable adjective,
openness noun.

