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(satellite adjective) ready for business; "the stores are open" |
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(satellite adjective) not having been filled; "the job is still open" |
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(satellite adjective) receptive to new ideas; "an open mind"; "open to new ideas" |
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(verb) make available, as of an opportunity; "This opens up new possibilities" |
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Synonyms: open up |
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Related Words: afford, give, yield |
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(verb) become available; "an opportunity opened up" |
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Synonyms: open up |
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Related Words: arise, come up |
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(verb) make the opening move, in chess; "Kasparov opened with a standard opening" |
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Related Words: go, move |
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(verb) cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door" |
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Synonyms: open up |
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Related Words: breach, break open, click open, gap, jimmy, lance, lever, prise, prize, pry, reopen, unbar, unbolt, uncork, unlock, unseal |
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Antonyms: close |
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(verb) become open; "The door opened" |
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Synonyms: open up |
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Related Words: change state, fly open, turn, unfasten |
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Antonyms: close |
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(satellite adjective) opened out; "an open newspaper" |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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(satellite adjective) sincere and free of reserve in expression; "Please be open with me" |
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(satellite adjective) lax in enforcing laws; "an open town" |
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Synonyms: lawless, wide-open |
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(satellite adjective) without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition; "the clarity and resonance of an open tone"; "her natural and open response" |
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(verb) display the contents of a file or start an application |
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Related Words: display, exhibit, expose |
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Antonyms: close |
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(adjective) affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed; "an open door"; "they left the door open" |
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Synonyms: unfastened |
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Antonyms: shut |
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(adjective) affording free passage or access; "open drains"; "the road is open to traffic"; "open ranks" |
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Antonyms: closed |
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(adjective) used of mouth or eyes; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened" |
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Synonyms: opened |
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Antonyms: closed |
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(satellite adjective) having no protecting cover or enclosure; "an open boat"; "an open fire"; "open sports cars" |
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(adjective) (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 |
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Antonyms: closed |
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(verb) begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.; "He opened the meeting with a long speech" |
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Related Words: begin, commence, embark on, inaugurate, start, start up |
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Antonyms: close |
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(verb) start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business" |
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Synonyms: open up |
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Related Words: establish, found, launch, set up |
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Antonyms: close |
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(satellite adjective) open to or in view of all; "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor" |
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(verb) have an opening or passage or outlet; "The bedrooms open into the hall" |
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(satellite adjective) accessible to all; "open season"; "an open economy" |
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(satellite adjective) not sealed or having been unsealed; "the letter was already open"; "the opened package lay on the table" |
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Synonyms: opened |
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(satellite adjective) not secret; "open plans"; "an open ballot" |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: undecided, undetermined, unresolved |
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(satellite adjective) not requiring union membership; "an open shop employs nonunion workers" |
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(noun) information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface" |
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Synonyms: surface |
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Related Words: general knowledge, public knowledge |
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(noun) a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play |
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Related Words: tournament, tourney |
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(noun) a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water: "finally broke out of the forest into the open" |
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Synonyms: clear |
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Related Words: area, country |
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(satellite adjective) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature" |
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Synonyms: candid |
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(adjective) (music) used of string or hole or pipe of instruments |
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Synonyms: unstopped |
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(verb) afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace" |
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Synonyms: afford, give |
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(adjective) open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering" |
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Synonyms: overt |
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(satellite adjective) with no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound" |
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Synonyms: exposed |
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(satellite adjective) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" |
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Synonyms: loose |
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(satellite adjective) affording free passage or view; "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory"; "a free lane" |
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Synonyms: clear, free |
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(verb) spread out or open from a folded state; "open the map" |
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Synonyms: spread, spread out, unfold |
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Related Words: divaricate, exfoliate, grass, splay, uncross, undo |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: blatant, blazing, conspicuous |
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(satellite adjective) not defended or capable of being defended; "an open city"; "open to attack" |
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Synonyms: assailable, undefendable, undefended |
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(noun) where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get out in the air a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open" |
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Synonyms: air, open air, out-of-doors, outdoors |
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Related Words: exterior, outside |
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