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Open

Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.pən/, /ˈɒ.pɪn/

What “Open” means

Adj

  1. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
  2. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
  3. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
  4. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
  5. Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.

Verb

  1. To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
  2. To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
  3. To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
  4. To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
  5. To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.

Noun

  1. Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
  2. Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
  3. A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
  4. A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status.
  5. The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.

Where the word comes from

Adjective from Middle English open, from Old English open (“open”), from Proto-West Germanic *opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”), from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“up from under, over”). Cognates * Scots apen (“open”) * Saterland Frisian eepen (“open”) * West Frisian iepen (“open”) * Cimbrian offe (“open”) * Dutch open (“open”) * German offen (“open”) * Vilamovian ufa, uffa (“open”) * Yiddish אָפֿן (ofn, “open”) * Danish åben (“open”) * Icelandic opinn (“open”) * Norwegian Bokmål åpen (“open”) * Norwegian Nynorsk open (“open”) * Swedish öppen (“open”) Compare also Latin supinus (“on one's back, supine”), Albanian hap (“to open”). Related to up. Verb from Middle English openen, from Old English openian (“to open”), from Proto-West Germanic *opanōn, from Proto-Germanic *upanōną (“to raise; lift; open”), from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”, adjective). Cognate with Saterland Frisian e

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