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make available
e.g. This opens up new possibilities
Synonym: open up
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become available
e.g. an opportunity opened up
Synonym: open up
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make the opening move
e.g. Kasparov opened with a standard opening
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cause to open or to become open
e.g. Mary opened the car door
Synonym: open up
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become open
e.g. The door opened
Synonym: open up
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spread out or open from a closed or folded state
e.g. open the map
e.g. spread your arms
Synonym: unfold spread spread out
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display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
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afford access to
e.g. the door opens to the patio
e.g. The French doors give onto a terrace
Synonym: afford give
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begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
e.g. He opened the meeting with a long speech
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start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
e.g. open a business
Synonym: open up
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have an opening or passage or outlet
e.g. The bedrooms open into the hall
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ready for business
e.g. the stores are open
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not having been filled
e.g. the job is still open
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openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
e.g. his candid eyes
e.g. an open and trusting nature
e.g. a heart-to-heart talk
Synonym: candid heart-to-heart
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without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
e.g. the clarity and resonance of an open tone
e.g. her natural and open response
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affording free passage or view
e.g. a clear view
e.g. a clear path to victory
e.g. open waters
e.g. the open countryside
Synonym: clear
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affording unobstructed entrance and exit
not shut or closed
e.g. an open door
e.g. they left the door open
Synonym: unfastened
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affording free passage or access
e.g. open drains
e.g. the road is open to traffic
e.g. open ranks
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used of mouth or eyes
e.g. keep your eyes open
e.g. his mouth slightly opened
Synonym: opened
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having no protecting cover or enclosure
e.g. an open boat
e.g. an open fire
e.g. open sports cars
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(set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
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open and observable
not secret or hidden
e.g. an overt lie
e.g. overt hostility
e.g. overt intelligence gathering
e.g. open ballots
Synonym: overt
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open to or in view of all
e.g. an open protest
e.g. an open letter to the editor
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with no protection or shield
e.g. the exposed northeast frontier
e.g. open to the weather
e.g. an open wound
Synonym: exposed
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ready or willing to receive favorably
e.g. receptive to the proposals
Synonym: receptive
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accessible to all
e.g. open season
e.g. an open economy
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not sealed or having been unsealed
e.g. the letter was already open
e.g. the opened package lay on the table
Synonym: opened
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not brought to a conclusion
subject to further thought
e.g. an open question
e.g. our position on this bill is still undecided
e.g. our lawsuit is still undetermined
Synonym: undecided undetermined unresolved
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(of textures) full of small openings or gaps
e.g. an open texture
e.g. a loose weave
Synonym: loose
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possibly accepting or permitting
e.g. a passage capable of misinterpretation
e.g. open to interpretation
e.g. an issue open to question
e.g. the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
Synonym: capable subject
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not defended or capable of being defended
e.g. an open city
e.g. open to attack
Synonym: assailable undefendable undefended