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Complete Definition of "open"

Etymology
OE. term|open|lang=ang, from proto|Germanic|upana (compare OHG. term|offan||open), from proto|Indo-European|upo "up from under, over"

Adjective
rfc-level|Adjective at L4+ not in L3 Ety section
en-adj

not comparable Which is not closed; accessible; as, an open gate.

#: Turn left after the second open door.
#* 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 2
#*: The open road, the dusty highway...

not comparable Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.

#: Banks are not open on bank holidays.

comparable receptive|Receptive.

#: I am open to new ideas.

not comparable public|Public; as, an open letter, an open declaration.

#: He published an open letter to the govenor on a full page of the New York Times.

not comparable candid|Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character:

#: The man is an open book.

Derived terms
open house

Antonyms
closed (1)
shut (1)

Translations
trans-top|not closed
Bulgarian: t|bg|Ð¾Ñ�Ð²Ð¾Ñ�ÐµÐ½|m|trotvÃ³ren|scCyrl, t-|bg|Ð¾Ñ�ÐºÑ�Ð¸Ñ�|m|trotkrÃt|scCyrl, t-|bg|Ñ�Ð°Ð·Ñ�Ð²Ð¾Ñ�ÐµÐ½|m|trraztvÃ³ren|scCyrl
Catalan: obert
Danish: Ã¥ben
Dutch: t+|nl|open
Esperanto: t-|eo|malfermita|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|aperta|xsEsperanto
French: t+|fr|ouvert|m, t+|fr|ouverte|f, t|fr|ouverts|m|p, t|fr|ouvertes|f|p
Finnish: avoin, avonainen
German: t+|de|auf, t+|de|offen
Greek: t|el|Î±Î½Î¿Î¹Ï�Ï�Ï�Ï�|m|sc=Grek (anoichtÃ³s)
Hebrew: ×¤×ª×�×� romanization of Hebrew|patÃºakh
Italian: t+|it|aperto
Kurdish: KUchar|Ú©Ø±Ø§Ù�Ù�â��ØªÙ�â��Ù�Ù�â��
Latvian: atvÄ�rts m, atvÄ�rta f
trans-mid
Malayalam: à´¤àµ�à´±à´¨àµ�à´¨ (thuRanna)
Maltese: t-|mt|miftuÄ§|m|xsMaltese, t-|mt|miftuÄ§a|f|xsMaltese
Norwegian: t-|no|Ã¥pen
Polish: otwarty m, otwarta f,otwarte n
Portuguese: t+|pt|aberto
Russian: t+|ru|Ð¾Ñ�ÐºÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ð¹|trotkrÃ½tyj|scCyrl
Slovene: odprt m, odprta f, odprto n
Spanish: t+|es|abierto|m
Swedish: t+|sv|Ã¶ppen
Turkish: aÃ§Ä±k
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trans-top|prepared to conduct business
Bulgarian: t|bg|Ð¾Ñ�Ð²Ð¾Ñ�ÐµÐ½|m|trotvÃ³ren|scCyrl
Catalan: obert
Danish: Ã¥ben
Dutch: t+|nl|open
Esperanto: t-|eo|malfermita|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|aperta|xsEsperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|auki
French: t|fr|ouvert|m, t|fr|ouverte|f, t|fr|ouverts|m|p, t|fr|oubertes|f|p
German: offen, geÃ¶ffnet
Greek: t|el|Î±Î½Î¿Î¹Ï�Ï�Ï�Ï�|m|sc=Grek (anoichtÃ³s)
Hebrew: ×¤×ª×�×� romanization of Hebrew|patÃºakh
Italian: t+|it|aperto
Latvian: atvÄ�rts m, atvÄ�rta f
trans-mid
Norwegian: t-|no|Ã¥pen
Polish: otwarty m, otwarta f,otwarte n
Portuguese: t+|pt|aberto
Russian: t+|ru|Ð¾Ñ�ÐºÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ð¹|trotkrÃ½tyj|scCyrl
Slovene: odprt m, odprta f, odprto n
Spanish: t+|es|abierto|m
Swedish: t+|sv|Ã¶ppen
Turkish: aÃ§Ä±k
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trans-top|receptive
Bulgarian: t|bg|Ð¾Ñ�Ð²Ð¾Ñ�ÐµÐ½|m|trotvÃ³ren|scCyrl, t-|bg|Ð¾Ñ�ÐºÑ�Ð¸Ñ�|m|trotkrÃt|scCyrl, t|bg|Ð¿Ð¾Ð´Ð°Ñ�Ð»Ð¸Ð²|m|trpodatlÃv|scCyrl, t|bg|Ñ�ÐºÐ»Ð¾Ð½ÐµÐ½|m|trsklÃ³nen|scCyrl, t|bg|Ð½ÐµÐ¿Ñ�ÐµÐ´Ñ�Ð±ÐµÐ´ÐµÐ½|m|trnepredubedÃ©n|scCyrl
Catalan: obert
Danish: Ã¥ben
Dutch: t+|nl|open
Finnish: t+|fi|avoin
French: t+|fr|ouvert|m, t+|fr|ouverte|f, t|fr|ouverts|m|p, t|fr|ouvertes|f|p
German: t+|de|offen
Greek: t|el|Î±Î½Î¿Î¹Ï�Ï�Ï�Ï�|m|sc=Grek (anoichtÃ³s)
Hebrew: ×¤×ª×�×� romanization of Hebrew|patÃºakh
Italian: t+|it|aperto
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Latvian: atvÄ�rts m, atvÄ�rta f
Norwegian: t-|no|Ã¥pen
Portuguese: t+|pt|aberto
Polish: otwarty m, otwarta f,otwarte n
Russian: t+|ru|Ð¾Ñ�ÐºÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ð¹|trotkrÃ½tyj|scCyrl
Slovene: odprt m, odprta f
Swedish: t+|sv|Ã¶ppen
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trans-top|public
Bulgarian: t-|bg|Ð¾Ñ�ÐºÑ�Ð¸Ñ�|m|trotkrÃt|scCyrl, t|bg|Ñ�Ð²ÐµÐ½|m|tryÃ¡ven|scCyrl, t|bg|Ð¾Ð±Ñ�Ð¾Ð´Ð¾Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ð¿ÐµÐ½|m|trobshtodostÃ¡pen|scCyrl, t|bg|Ð½ÐµÐ¾Ð³Ñ�Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ�ÐµÐ½|m|trneogranichÃ©n|scCyrl, t|bg|Ñ�Ð²Ð¾Ð±Ð¾Ð´ÐµÐ½|m|trsvobÃ³den|scCyrl, t|bg|Ð¾Ð±Ñ�ÐµÑ�Ñ�Ð²ÐµÐ½|m|trobshtÃ©stven|scCyrl, t|bg|Ð¿Ñ�Ð±Ð»Ð¸Ñ�ÐµÐ½|m|trpÃºblichen|scCyrl
Catalan: obert, lliure
Danish: Ã¥ben
Dutch: t+|nl|open
Esperanto: t-|eo|publika|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|avoin
French: t+|fr|ouvert|m, t+|fr|ouverte|f, t|fr|ouverts|m|p, t|fr|ouvertes|f|p
German: t+|de|Ã¶ffentlich
Hebrew: ×¤×ª×�×� romanization of Hebrew|patÃºakh
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|aperto
Norwegian: t-|no|Ã¥pen
Polish: otwarty m, otwarta f,otwarte n
Russian: t+|ru|Ð¾Ñ�ÐºÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ð¹|trotkrÃ½tyj|scCyrl
Slovene: javen m, javna f, javno n
Swedish: t+|sv|Ã¶ppen
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Verb
en-verb

transitive To make something accessible or removing an obstacle to something being accessible

#: Turn the doorknob to open the door.

transitive To bring up (a topic).

#: I don't want to open that subject.

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#Adjective|open.

#: The door opened all by itself.

intransitive To begin conducting business.

#: The shop opens at 9:00.

context|intransitive|cricket To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
context|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.

context|transitive or intransitive|poker To reveal one's hand.

#: Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush.

Antonyms
close
shut

trans-top|to become open
Czech: otevÅ�Ãt se
Danish: Ã¥bnes
Dutch: opengaan
Esperanto: t-|eo|malfermiÄ�i|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|aueta
Greek: t|el|Î±Î½Î¿Î¯Î³Ï�|sc=Grek (anoÃgo)
German: Ã¶ffnete sich
Hebrew: ×�×�×¤×ª×� romanization of Hebrew|lehipatÃ¡kh
Kurdish: KUchar|Ú©Ø±Ø¯Ù�Ù�â��Ù�Ù�â��
Latvian: atvÄ�rt
trans-mid
Norwegian: Ã¥pnes
Polish: otwieraÄ� siÄ�
Portuguese: t+|pt|abrir
Russian: Ð¾Ñ�ÐºÑ�Ñ�Ð²Ð°Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�/Ð¾Ñ�ÐºÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ� (otkryvÃ¡t's'a/otkrÃ½t's'a), Ð¾Ñ�Ð²Ð¾Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�/Ð¾Ñ�Ð²Ð¾Ñ�Ð¸Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ� (otvor'Ã¡t's'a/otvorÃt's'a) a door only
Slovene: odpreti (se)
Swedish: Ã¶ppnas, Ã¶ppna sig
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trans-top|to begin a side's innings
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Noun
en-noun

A sports event in which anybody can contest; 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.

sports event

Finnish: avoin|avoimet

broken wire

Finnish: katkos

Related terms
open bar
open-book
open house
open up
opener
opening
wide open
open and shut

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English ergative verbs
Category:Positive words

Dutch

Adjective
open

#English|open

Derived terms
openbaar
openbaren

Verb form
open

first person singular present tense of openen
imperative form of openen

Category:Dutch adjectives
Category:Dutch verb forms

Finnish

Noun
open

fi-form of|typenoun|casegenitive|pl=singular|ope

Old English

Etymology
Common Germanic *upanaz

Adjective
open

open

Category:Old English adjectives

ar:open
es:open
fa:open
fr:open
io:open
id:open
it:open
kk:open
ku:open
lt:open
hu:open
nl:open
ja:open
pl:open
pt:open
ru:open
simple:open
fi:open
sv:open
ta:open
te:open
vi:open
tr:open
uk:open
zh:open

Revision and Credits for"open"
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