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• adjective
Officially operating, conducting business, or ready to receive customers or visitors.
"The museum remains open until eight o'clock on Thursday evenings."
Allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed, fastened, or blocked.
"She left the window open to let the cool evening breeze into the room."
Receptive and willing to consider new ideas, perspectives, or possibilities; not finally settled or decided.
"The research team is open to revising the hypothesis if new evidence emerges."
Frank, communicative, and honest in speech or behavior; not secretive or deceptive.
"The committee appreciated her open and transparent approach to the budget challenges."
Wide, expansive, and free from enclosing walls, buildings, or dense trees.
"They hiked across miles of open countryside before reaching the coastal village."
• verb
To establish, launch, or officially begin operating a business, institution, account, or public event.
"They plan to open a new bakery in the downtown district next spring."
To unfold, spread out, or unwrap something that was folded, rolled, or packaged.
"She sat by the fireplace to open her birthday presents and read the cards."
To move or adjust a door, window, lid, or barrier so as to leave a space allowing access, passage, or view.
"He opened the heavy oak door and welcomed the guests into the hall."
To afford access or lead directly into another room, building, or area.
"The French doors in the dining room open onto a sunlit stone patio."
• noun
Outdoors or an unenclosed, unobstructed space; also, a state of public knowledge free from secrecy (usually preceded by 'the').
"After months of quiet negotiations, the merger plans were finally brought out into the open."
A sports tournament or championship in which both amateurs and professionals are eligible to compete.
"She qualified for the national tennis open after winning three regional tournaments."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'open', of Proto-Germanic origin (*upanaz), closely related to the word 'up' and originally conveying the sense of lifting or raising a cover.