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Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related to.

Adjective

 * 1)  Not closed.
 * 2) Able to be accessed (physically).
 * 3) Able to have something pass through or along it.
 * 4)  Not covered; showing what is inside.
 * 5)  Composed of a single slice of bread with a topping.
 * 6) Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended.
 * 7)  Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
 * 8)  Receptive.
 * 9)  Public
 * 10)   With open access, of, or both.
 * 11)  Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
 * 12) * 1731-1735,, Moral Essays
 * with aspect open, shall erect his head
 * 1)  Mild (of the weather); free from frost or snow.
 * 2)  Having a free variable.
 * 3)  Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of $$X$$, that defines a topological space on $$X$$.
 * 4)  Whose first and last vertices are different.
 * 5)  In current use; connected to as a resource.
 * 6)  To be in a position allowing fluid to flow.
 * 7)  To be in a position preventing electricity from flowing.
 * 8)  Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
 * 9) Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
 * 10)  Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
 * 11)  Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
 * 12) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
 * 13)  Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
 * 14)  Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
 * 15)  Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
 * 16)  That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
 * 17)  Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
 * 18)  Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
 * 19)  Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
 * 20)  Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
 * 1) * 1731-1735,, Moral Essays
 * with aspect open, shall erect his head
 * 1)  Mild (of the weather); free from frost or snow.
 * 2)  Having a free variable.
 * 3)  Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of $$X$$, that defines a topological space on $$X$$.
 * 4)  Whose first and last vertices are different.
 * 5)  In current use; connected to as a resource.
 * 6)  To be in a position allowing fluid to flow.
 * 7)  To be in a position preventing electricity from flowing.
 * 8)  Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
 * 9) Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
 * 10)  Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
 * 11)  Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
 * 12) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
 * 13)  Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
 * 14)  Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
 * 15)  Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
 * 16)  That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
 * 17)  Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
 * 18)  Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
 * 19)  Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
 * 20)  Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
 * 1) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
 * 2)  Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
 * 3)  Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
 * 4)  Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
 * 5)  That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
 * 6)  Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
 * 7)  Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
 * 8)  Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
 * 9)  Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
 * 1)  Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
 * 2)  Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
 * 3)  Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.

Translations

 * Esperanto: ,
 * Ido:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Related to 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
 * 2)  To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
 * 3)  To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
 * 4)  To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
 * 5)  To turn on; to switch on.
 * 6)  To bring up, broach.
 * 7)  To enter upon, begin.
 * 8)  To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
 * 9)  To make accessible to customers or clients.
 * 10)  To start (a campaign).
 * 11)  To become open.
 * 12)  To begin conducting business.
 * 13)  To perform before others at a concert or show.
 * 14)  To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
 * 15)  To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
 * 16)  To reveal one's hand.
 * 17)  To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
 * 18)  To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
 * 19)  To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
 * 1)  To make accessible to customers or clients.
 * 2)  To start (a campaign).
 * 3)  To become open.
 * 4)  To begin conducting business.
 * 5)  To perform before others at a concert or show.
 * 6)  To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
 * 7)  To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
 * 8)  To reveal one's hand.
 * 9)  To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
 * 10)  To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
 * 11)  To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
 * 1)  To begin conducting business.
 * 2)  To perform before others at a concert or show.
 * 3)  To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
 * 4)  To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
 * 5)  To reveal one's hand.
 * 6)  To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
 * 7)  To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
 * 8)  To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
 * 1)  To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
 * 2)  To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
 * 3)  To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
 * 1)  To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
 * 1)  To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.

Usage notes

 * Due to the near-opposite meanings relating to fluid flow and electrical components, these usages are deprecated in safety-critical instructions, with the words to on or to off preferred, so instead of Open valve A; open switch B" use Turn valve A to ON; turn switch B to OFF''.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:begin
 * ; see also Thesaurus:reveal
 * ; see also Thesaurus:begin
 * ; see also Thesaurus:reveal

Translations

 * Esperanto:
 * French:, (3),  ,
 * Romanian:
 * Slovak:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Welsh:

Etymology 3
From, from the verb (see Etymology 2 above). In the sports sense, however, a shortening of “open competition”.

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.
 * 5) The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
 * 1)  A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
 * 2) A sports event in which anybody can compete.
 * 3) The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
 * 1) The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
 * 1) The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  to

Etymology
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Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) open, not closed
 * 2) open for business
 * 3) open, receptive
 * 1) open, receptive
 * 1) open, receptive

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) ;  tournament

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) open, not closed
 * 2) open, accessible
 * 3) freely accessible, public

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) * 14th c., . General Prologue: 9-11.
 * "enm"
 * "enm"

- And smale foweles maken melodye, That slepen al the nyght with open eye- (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);

Etymology
From, from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Usage notes
A common, but unofficial, feminine form is (“ei opa dør”, compare  and ). Up until 2012, was an optional official form, but was removed along with other forms like  and.

Etymology
From, from.

Originally a past participle of 🇨🇬. Related to 🇨🇬. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) * 11th century, unknown translator, the Old English 
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- Þā ġeseah hē ānne nacodne cnapan ġeond þā strǣte rinnan. Sē wæs mid ele ġesmiered and mid sċīetan beġierded, and cleopode mid miċelre stefne and cwæþ, "Ġehīeraþ ġē ċeasterwaran, ġehīeraþ ġē ælþēodiġe, friġe and þēowe, æðele and unæðele: sē bæþstede is open!"

Adjective

 * 1) open

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