Word: open Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adjective from Middle English open, from Old English open (“open”), from Proto-West Germanic *opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”), from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“up from under, over”). Cognates * Scots apen (“open”) * Saterland Frisian eepen (“open”) * West Frisian iepen (“open”) * Cimbrian offe (“open”) * Dutch open (“open”) * German offen (“open”) * Vilamovian ufa, uffa (“open”) * Yiddish אָפֿן (ofn, “open”) * Danish åben (“open”) * Icelandic opinn (“open”) * Norwegian Bokmål åpen (“open”) * Norwegian Nynorsk open (“open”) * Swedish öppen (“open”) Compare also Latin supinus (“on one's back, supine”), Albanian hap (“to open”). Related to up. Verb from Middle English openen, from Old English openian (“to open”), from Proto-West Germanic *opanōn, 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”), Dutch openen (“to open”), German öffnen (“to open”), Danish åbne (“to open”), Swedish öppna (“to open”), Norwegian Bokmål åpne (“to open”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic opna (“to open”). Related to English up. Noun from Middle English open (“an aperture or opening”), from the verb. In the sports sense, however, a shortening of “open competition”. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.pən/, /ˈɒ.pɪn/, /ˈoʊ.pən/, /ˈəʉ.pən/ 1. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Come in – the door's open. Example: The ice has cleared and the channel is open again. 2. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: The jewellery box was lying open. Example: Don't just stand there with your mouth open! 3. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: She greeted them with open arms. Example: The book was open at page 23. 4. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: It was a large, open room. Example: Most of the site was occupied by huts, but there was an open area in the centre. 5. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: an open fracture 6. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc. Labels: not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes, usually 7. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc. Labels: not-comparable, usually 8. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: open sandwich Example: Starry food is fun to make. You can buy bright yellow American mustard (which isn’t too strong!) in squeezy bottles and pipe stars on to hot dogs and open burgers or sandwiches. 9. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc. Labels: not-comparable, regional, usually Example: an open winter Example: He desires me to tell you that the present open weather induces him to accept Mr Vernon's invitation to prolong his stay in Sussex that they may have some hunting together. 10. Able to be used or interacted with in some way. Labels: not-comparable Example: Your bank account is now open. Example: Phone lines open at 10 pm. 11. Able to be used or interacted with in some way. Labels: not-comparable Example: Banks are not open on bank holidays. 12. Able to be used or interacted with in some way. Labels: not-comparable Example: I hereby declare this fete open. Example: The school has an open day on Saturday. 13. Able to be used or interacted with in some way. Labels: comparable Example: I am open to new ideas. Example: Wherefore if Demetrius […] have a matter against any man, the law is open and there are deputies. 14. Able to be used or interacted with in some way. Labels: comparable Example: open to question; open to attack; open to criticism Example: The service that I truly did his life, / Hath left me open to all injuries. 15. Able to be used or interacted with in some way. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: I couldn't save my changes because another user had the same file open. 16. Able to be used or interacted with in some way. Example: You're getting short of memory because you have too many apps open. 17. Not hidden or restricted. Example: It is a blatant example of open criminality. Example: His thefts were too open. 18. Not hidden or restricted. Example: Nowadays people are more open about their sexuality. Example: 1731-1735, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays with aspect open, shall erect his head 19. Not hidden or restricted. Labels: not-comparable Example: He published an open letter to the governor on a full page of The New York Times. 20. Not hidden or restricted. Example: 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. 21. Not hidden or restricted. Labels: not-comparable Example: We hope that all aspects of the project will be open rather than paywalled. 22. Not hidden or restricted. Example: 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. 23. Not hidden or restricted. 24. Not hidden or restricted. Example: Compared to their last match, which was a dour and defensive affair, this was a very open game. 25. Not completed or finalised. Example: an open question Example: to keep an offer or opportunity open 26. Not completed or finalised. Labels: sometimes Example: I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me. 27. Not completed or finalised. Example: an open curve, an open circuit 28. Not completed or finalised. 29. Not completed or finalised. 30. Not completed or finalised. 31. Having a free variable. 32. Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X. 33. Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard. 34. Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve. 35. Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels. Example: "Supposing somebody sees you, with all those flowers too? Supposing somebody writes him a letter? Ooooh!" (a pure round open Tamil O.) 36. Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure. 37. Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated. 38. 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. 39. Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight. Labels: especially