TO OPEN

Definition: OPEN

OPEN

Adjective

1. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed; "an open door"; "they left the door open".

2. Affording free passage or access; "open drains"; "the road is open to traffic"; "open ranks".

3. With no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound".

4. Open to or in view of all; "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor".

5. Used of mouth or eyes; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened".

6. Not having been filled; "the job is still open".

7. Accessible to all; "open season"; "an open economy".

8. Not defended or capable of being defended; "an open city"; "open to attack".

9. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave".

10. : having no protecting cover or enclosure; "an open boat"; "an open fire"; "open sports cars".

11. : opened out; "an open newspaper".

12. : (mathematics) 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.

13. : not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined".

14. : not sealed or having been unsealed; "the letter was already open"; "the opened package lay on the table".

15. : without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition; "the clarity and resonance of an open tone"; "her natural and open response".

16. : relatively empty of and unobstructed by fences or hedges or headlands or shoals; "in open country"; "the open countryside"; "open waters"; "on the open seas".

17. : open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering".

18. : (music) used of string or hole or pipe of instruments.

19. : not requiring union membership; "an open shop employs nonunion workers".

20. : not secret; "open plans"; "an open ballot".

21. : without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "open disregard of the law"; "open family strife"; "open hostility"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion".

22. : affording free passage or view; "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory".

23. : lax in enforcing laws; "an open town".

24. : openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature".

25. : sincere and free of reserve in expression; "Please be open with me".

26. : receptive to new ideas; "an open mind"; "open to new ideas".

27. : ready for business; "the stores are open".

Noun

1. A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water: "finally broke out of the forest into the open".

2. Where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open".

3. A tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play.

4. Information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface".

Verb

1. Cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door".

2. Start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business".

3. Become open; "The door opened".

4. Begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.; "He opened the meeting with a long speech".

5. Spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms".

6. Make available, as of an opportunity; "This opens up new possibilities".

7. Become available; "an opportunity opened up".

8. Have an opening or passage or outlet; "The bedrooms open into the hall".

9. Make the opening move, in chess; "Kasparov opened with a standard opening".

10. : afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace".

11. : display the contents of a file or start an application.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Computing

Electrical Engineering

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Crosswords: TO OPEN

I'm scared to open them (The Blair Witch Project; writing credit: Daniel Myrick; Eduardo Sánchez)

I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all the French beaches I'd never see. I wanted to breathe smoke (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

We're going to open the presents now, not later, now. Why (The Ref; writing credit: Marie Weiss and Richard LaGravenese. Starring Denis Leary as Gus, Judy Davis as Caroline Chasseur and Kevin Spacey as Lloyd Chasseur.)

Nothing really, I just always wanted to open a door to a bunch of people who are getting trained like in James Bond movies (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner. Based on the sketch from Saturday Night Live.)

Well, he had to be -- I forgot to open the garage door (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn)

I'm not a present for your friends to open (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; performing artist: Elton John)

Feel so alone in the night, scared to open my eyes (Say You Will; performing artist: Foreigner)

I can't go back cuz now I know how it feels to open up and breathe (Crowded Elevator(Scream 3 Soundtrack,Make Yourself Import); performing artist: Incubus)

How to open doors with just a smile (Lyin' Eyes; performing artist: The Eagles)

Until I learn to open up my eyes (Sleepwalker; performing artist: The Wallflowers)

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• 75 Cage Rattling Questions to Change the Way You Work: Shake-Em-Up Questions to Open Meetings, Ignite Discussion, and Spark Creativity (reference)

• Arthur's Neighborhood: With Punch-Out Play Figures and Flap to Open! (reference)

• So You Want to Open a Profitable Child Care Center: Everything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program (reference)

• Chicken Soup for the Teacher's Soul: Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirit of Educators (reference)

• Designing Policies to Open Trade J: Economics and Politics, Forthcoming/Working Paper, No 3258 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Chicken Soup For The Soul: Celebrating Life - Songs Of Joy And Jubilation To Open The Heart And Rekindle The Spirit (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Looking over broken sea ice to open water. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Preparing to open the bag at the end of the trawl to recover captured fish on MILLER FREEMAN. Credit: Fisheries.

Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Narrow channels, fringed by red mangrove, are connected to open waters along the Caribe Keys. These are nursery areas for invertebrates and fish that will later become part of the coral reef community. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Figure 20. Horizontal shutter plankton net first invented by Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1889. Left: view of the assembled unit. Right: the messenger to trigger operation of the unit. This net would be lowered to a specified depth and then a messenger sent down the line to open it and capture drifting fauna at depth. This was first tested by Prince Albert I off Madeira in 1889. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

[Cutting the ribbon to open the NICHD's Children's Diagnostic and Study Unit] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Ralph Fernandez..

I want to open an account and do business like my Uncle. Credit: Library of Congress.

We are waiting for school to open. Credit: Library of Congress.

President braves weather to open baseball season / Underwood & Underwood, Washington. Credit: Library of Congress.

We, Inc.--Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh arrive at Trinidad on 7,000-mile flight to open new Pan American mail and passenger route. Credit: Library of Congress.

Negroes waiting for church to open, Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1928)

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I said, `I would like to say that it is a very great pleasure, honor and privilege for me to open this bridge, but I can't because my lying circuits are all out of commission

There are men still on earth who know how to open and shut pleasantly the surprise boxes of paradox

They were waiting for the door to open and for the servants to come in, holding the big dishes covered with their heavy metal covers

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Health

The balloon is inflated briefly to open the vessel in places where the artery is narrowed. (references)

This decision to convert to open cholecystectomy should be considered sound surgical judgment. (references)

Your jaw may also feel stiff and you may be unable to open your mouth as wide as before treatment. (references)

Business

Tricon hopes to open five units per year over the next years. (references)

The next step would be to open a branch office in Saudi Arabia. (references)

The group hopes to open 12 new restaurants in the next 2 years. (references)

Children

Honduras

The 2000 Government plan to open a 24-hour Street Child Attention Center in Tegucigalpa had not been implemented at year's end. (references)

Guatemala

On February 19, several days before the trial was scheduled to open, Melchor Pastor Hernandez and Juvencio Ixmay kidnaped Ana Maria's older sister Marta Elena. (references)

Morocco

The members adopted the "Marrakech Declaration," pledging to "promote, protect, and consecrate girls in Africa." On October 31, Princess Lalla Hasna presided at the official opening of the SOS Children's Village south of Casablanca, the third one to open in Morocco. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bulgaria

Plans to open a reception center at the Sofia airport continued to be delayed due to a lack of funding. (references)

Ethiopia

Registered political parties also must receive permission from regional governments to open local offices. (references)

Bulgaria

The UNHCR continued to work on plans to open a transit center in Kapitan Andreevo, on the border with Turkey. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

This is slated to open in 2003. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Foreign Exchange bureaus have been allowed to open. (references)

India

Foreign banks are given automatic approval to open branches in India. (references)

Human Rights

Cuba

The dissidents were unable to open officially the independent library. (references)

Panama

Both have staffs of independent investigators as well as administrative authority to open internal investigations. (references)

Tanzania

Clerks took bribes to decide whether or not to open cases and to hide or misdirect the files of those accused of crimes. (references)

Minorities

Moldova

After delaying its opening and threatening to keep it closed, separatist authorities allowed the Romanian Language School (Latin alphabet) in Tiraspol to open in 1999 without restriction from the authorities. (references)

Political Economy

CHINA

China has made some efforts to open its government procedures to competitive bidding. (references)

SAUDI ARABIA

When exactly the government intends to open the sector to private investment remains unclear. (references)

Political Rights

Ethiopia

The opposition AAPO complained that in 1999 the Oromiya region government refused its application to open branch offices in the region. (references)

Swaziland

However, the decision to open polling stations for further voting a week after the election because of torrential rains led to irregularities, including persons being found with multiple copies of registration certificates. (references)

Trade

Poland

This helps to open the market for western goods. (references)

Travel

Ukraine

Business cards, printed in English and Ukrainian or Russian, are de rigueur, with a firm handshake to open and close a meeting. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

The scam victim is typically asked to pay a small fee to open a bank account, and this is followed by requests for escalating amounts to cover legal expenses and fees. (references)

Nicaragua

As investors move towards solidifying their investments (preparing to open bank accounts, registering their investment at MIFIC, etc.), they should consult with the Nicaraguan Immigration Service to determine if they need to file for residency or obtain a type of work permit. (references)

Women

Albania

An increasing number of women continued to open shops and small businesses. (references)

Germany

The Government accepted the ruling and in December 2000 completed the process of amending the Constitution to open all military jobs to women on a voluntary basis. (references)

Moldova

The Country's then-First Lady and the mayor of Chisinau initiated a project in October 1999 to open a women's shelter in Chisinau; however, it still was under construction at year's end. (references)

Worker Rights

Morocco

In September 2000, authorities in Fez announced plans to open four centers for the protection of children handicraft workers. (references)

China

Connections also reportedly work to the advantage of the ethnic Han (who tend to be in the higher ranking positions), and it is more difficult for Tibetans to get permits and loans to open businesses than it is for ethnic Han. (references)

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Expressions using "TO OPEN": not to open one's lips ♦ refuse to open one's mouth ♦ to open manually ♦ To open one's mouth ♦ To open the budget ♦ To open the trenches ♦ To open up. Additional references.

Arabic 

فَتَحَ. (various references)

Aymara

llahuiraña (to open with a key), cachatataña (to open the door), ansaña (to open one's mouth). (various references)

Blackfoot

ikayinni. (various references)

Chinese 

開幕 (to inaugurate), 開展 (develop, to launch, to start, unfold), 睜 , 披 (scatter, separate, temporarily, to spread out, to unroll), 拆 (to tear apart, to tear down, to tear open), �'� (prop-up, support, to overfill, to pole a boat), 捭 (spread out, weed), 叉 (be stuck, cross, fork, intersect, pick, pitchfork, prong, to cross, to diverge), 啟 (to start). (various references)

Czech

mlèet jako zařezaný (refuse to open one's mouth). (various references)

Danish

udløse (operating, switching, to trip), slå fra (to trip), at udkoble, at åbne (to restore), aabne. (various references)

Dutch

uitschakelen (cut, cut a connection, eliminate, shut off, stop, switch off, turn off), opvragen (call-up, to load), opensnijden, opengaan, openen (open, open up), losmaken (unlash, untie), laden (burden, charge, load). (various references)

Finnish

avata (inaugurate, open, switch on, turn on, unbuckle, unbutton, uncork, undo, unfasten, unhook, unlock, unstrap, untie, unwrap). (various references)

French

ouvrir (to load), ouverture d'un fichier, d'ouvrir, déclencher (to disengage the clutch, to throw out of gear, to trip), charger (to burden, to charge, to fill, to load), éventrer. (various references)

German

eröffnen (disclose, inaugurate, initiate, institute, lance, open, opening, publish, reveal, unclose, unfold). (various references)

Greek 

να ανοίξει ο διακόπτης κυκλώματος (to trip), να ανοίξει (to trip), ανοίγω την κοιλιά, ανοίγω (cleave, open, swing open, switch on, turn on, unbar, unbolt, unclose, uncork), το αποσυνδέειν, το αποζεύγνειν. (various references)

Hungarian

nyit (open), nyílik (open, to expand). (various references)

Irish

oscailt (open, opening). (various references)

Italian

sventrare (eviscerate, gut), scattare (be released, click, go off, lose one's temper, snap, spirt, spring, sprint, spurt, start, take), aprire (begin, bloom, carve, open, open up, prize, pry, put up, set up, slit, switch on, turn on, unhook, unlock). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

開ける. (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すく (to be fond of, to be less crowded, to be transparent, to become empty, to become open, to leave a gap, to like, to love), くりひろ�'る (to develop, to roll out, to spread out, to unfold), ひろ�'る (to broaden, to enlarge, to expand, to extend, to spread, to unfold, to unroll, to widen), ひらく (to edify, to enlighten), あける (to become daylight, to dawn, to empty), あけはらう (to vacate), あく (evil, harsh taste, lye, puckery juice, to be less crowded, to become empty, to become open, to dawn, wickedness). (various references)

Maori

whakapuare-tia. (various references)

Maya

le'kuunt. (various references)

Pig Latin

otay openay.(various references)

Portuguese

abrir (barge, cut, cut up, dehisce, deploy, ditch, drift, frank, free, let by, open, open up, peck, rip, rive, spread, unbar, unclasp, unclench, unclose, undraw, unfasten, unfold, unlock, unseal, unstrap). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

abrir. (various references)

Romanian

nu deschide gurã (not to open one's lips). (various references)

Romansch

avrir. (various references)

Sepedi

bula. (various references)

Spanish

disparar (discharge, fire, gun, let off, loose off, play on, release, shoot), conectar (connect, lay on, plug in, put in, tap, turn on), apertura de un fichero, apertura de un archivo, activar (activate, enable, press on with, push on), abrir el vientre, abrir (beat, beat out, blast, break, cut open, dehisce, discover, draw, drive, expose, open, open up, opening, pick, plough, plow, put up, set up, sharpen, shell, start, tread, tread down, turn on, turn up, unbar, unburden, uncurl, undo, unfold, zip, zip open, zip up). (various references)

Swazi

kú-vula. (various references)

Swedish

utlösa (ransom, redeem, release, spring, wreak), öppna en fil. (various references)

3. dun, bad, kid, taka. (various references)

aperire. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: netop.

-2 letters: nope, note, onto, open, pent, peon, poet, pone, poon, tone, toon, tope.

-3 letters: eon, net, noo, not, one, oot, ope, opt, pen, pet, pot, ten, toe, ton, too, top.

-4 letters: en, et, ne, no, oe, on, op, pe, to.

+1 letter: metopon.

+2 letters: metopons, monotype, opponent, optioned, optionee, postpone, potstone, teaspoon, topstone.

+3 letters: component, copestone, entoproct, entropion, lithopone, monotypes, nonpoetic, operation, opponents, opportune, optionees, outspoken, phonolite, platooned, portioned, postponed, postponer, postpones, potstones, prenotion, proponent, protonate, protonema, snoopiest, soapstone, spooniest, stonecrop, teaspoons, topstones.

+4 letters: completion, components, conception, copestones, countertop, ctenophore, deposition, desorption, embonpoint, endopodite, entoprocts, entropions, exposition, foretopman, foretopmen, fortepiano, homopteran, intertroop, lithopones, neotropics, nonprotein, omnipotent, operations, outpointed, overpotent, parenthood, penologist, peroration, personator, phonolites, photogenic, pianoforte, portamento, portentous, positioned, postmodern, postponers, postseason, prenotions, preportion, progenitor, projection, pronatores, propionate, proponents, protection, protonated, protonates, protonemal, pteranodon, reposition, resorption, soapstones, sphenodont, stenotopic, stonecrops, tablespoon, topnotcher, toponymies, torpedoing, totipotent, xenotropic.