Definition of Open

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Definition of Open

Open

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead.

Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library, museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach, trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed.

Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.

Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect.

Without reserve or false pretense; sincere; characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also, generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal appearance, or character, and to the expression of thought and feeling, etc.

Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt.

Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter.

Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open.

Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.

Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the an far is open as compared with the a in say.

Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.

Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length.

Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.

Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water.

To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter.

To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.

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

To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc.

To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting.

To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers.

To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be parted.

To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to our view.

To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy.

To bark on scent or view of the game.

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Open Quotations

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
Albert Einstein

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.
Thomas Jefferson

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.
Barack Obama

It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.
Ronald Reagan

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
Winston Churchill

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
Winston Churchill

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
Mohandas Gandhi

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
Benjamin Franklin

Open Translations

open in Afrikaans is oopmaak, oop
open in Dutch is openmaken, opendoen, openen
open in French is ouvres, ouvert, ouvrent, entamons, ouvrez, ouvrir
open in Hungarian is nyitott
open in Italian is aprirei, esordire, lievitazione, disserrare
open in Latin is expositus, patefacio, directus
open in Portuguese is aberto, abrir
open in Spanish is abierto, abrir

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