- open adj
- Surgeons often have to have an open heart and an open mind.
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open adj
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open — [ ɔpɛn ] adj. inv. • 1929; mot angl. « ouvert » ♦ Anglic. 1 ♦ Sport Se dit d une compétition ouverte aux professionnels et aux amateurs. Tournoi open. N. m. Un open de tennis. 2 ♦ Billet open : billet d avion non daté à l achat et utilisable à la … Encyclopédie Universelle
open — 1 adj 1: exposed to general view or knowledge: free from concealment an open, notorious, continuous, and adverse use of the property an open and obvious danger ◇ When a defect, hazard, or condition is open such that a reasonable person under the… … Law dictionary
open-minded — also openminded, open minded, 1828, first recorded in Carlyle; from OPEN (Cf. open) (adj.) + MINDED (Cf. minded). Figurative use of open (adj.) with reference to hearts, hands, etc. is from early 15c … Etymology dictionary
open-ended — 1825, from OPEN (Cf. open) (adj.) + END (Cf. end) … Etymology dictionary
open — adj 1 exposed, subject, prone, susceptible, sensitive, *liable Antonyms: closed 2 plain, candid, *frank Analogous words: *straightforward, aboveboard, forthright: *natural, simple, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
open — [[t]o͟ʊpən[/t]] ♦ opens, opening, opened 1) V ERG If you open something such as a door, window, or lid, or if it opens, its position is changed so that it no longer covers a hole or gap. [V n] He opened the window and looked out... The church… … English dictionary
open — {{11}}open (adj.) O.E. open not closed down, raised up (of gates, eyelids, etc.), also exposed, evident, well known, public, often in a bad sense, notorious, shameless; from P.Gmc. *upana, lit. put or set up (Cf. O.N. opinn, Swed. öppen, Dan.… … Etymology dictionary
open — verb To render accessible, visible, or available; to submit or subject to examination, inquiry, or review, by the removal of restrictions or impediments @ open a case In practice, to open a case is to begin it; to make an initiatory explanation… … Black's law dictionary
open-door — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: open door 1. : done or carried on with or as if with the doors open : public 2. : of, relating to, or sustaining the open door in foreign relations trade was on an open door basis … Useful english dictionary
open — adj., v., & n. adj. 1 not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 a (of a room, field, or other area) having its door or gate in a position allowing access, or part of its confining boundary removed. b (of a… … Useful english dictionary
