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NomPLopens

A sports event in which anybody can compete; 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.

(with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.

I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!
Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open, dodging instead from thicket to thicket.

(with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.

We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open.

VerbeSGopensPRopeningPT, PPopened

(transitive) To make something accessible or remove an obstacle to its being accessible.
1. I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.

(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.

I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.

(intransitive) To begin conducting business.

The shop opens at 9:00. ‎

To enter upon; to begin.

to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting

(intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.

(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. ‎

(transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.

Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush. ‎

(computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.

To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.

to open a closed fist
to open matted cotton by separating the fibres

OBS To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.

AdjectifCOMmore openSUPmost open

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

Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded.

an open hand; an open flower; an open prospect

(not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.

Banks are not open on bank holidays. ‎

(comparable) Receptive.

I am open to new ideas. ‎

(not comparable) Public; as, an open letter, an open declaration.

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

(not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.

The man is an open book. ‎

(mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.

(mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of , that defines a topological space on.

(graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.

(computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.

I couldn't save my changes because another user had the same file open. ‎

(business) Not fulfilled.

I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me. ‎

Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.

an open question
to keep an offer or opportunity open

(music, stringed instruments) Without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard.

Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.

an open winter

(phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.

(phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.

(computing) Made public, usable with a free licence.

(medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.

Plus d'exemples

Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- The bathroom mirror steamed up when he opened the shower door.
- He lifted the big three-suiter onto the bed and opened it.
- Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.
Utilisé au début de la phrase
- Open since 1972, the resort overlooks the northwestern shore of Lake Tahoe and has 89 mostly intermediate trails on its 2,904 acres, as well as a 420-foot superpipe and eight terrain parks.
- Open arthrolysis remains the gold standard for treatment of post-traumatique">post-traumatic elbow stiffness.
Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
- The church was repurposed as a nightclub by lighting changes and removing the pews, but it never opened.
- The bow guard was watching the other boat as it floated among several fishing boats waiting for the bridge to open.
- The guy went ballistic when I tried to tell him he couldn't return the socks if the package had been opened.

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