Noun | 1. | open - a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water; "finally broke out of the forest into the open" Synonyms: clear |
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3. | open - a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play | |
4. | open - information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface" Synonyms: surface | |
Verb | 1. | open - cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door" Synonyms: open up |
2. | open - start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business" Synonyms: open up Antonyms: close, close down, shut down, fold - cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M." | |
3. | open - become open; "The door opened" Synonyms: open up | |
4. | open - begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.; "He opened the meeting with a long speech" Antonyms: close - finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board" | |
5. | open - spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms" | |
6. | open - make available; "This opens up new possibilities" Synonyms: open up | |
7. | open - become available; "an opportunity opened up" Synonyms: open up | |
8. | open - have an opening or passage or outlet; "The bedrooms open into the hall" | |
9. | open - make the opening move; "Kasparov opened with a standard opening" | |
10. | open - afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace" | |
11. | open - display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer Antonyms: close - cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop | |
Adj. | 1. | open - affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed; "an open door"; "they left the door open" Synonyms: unfastened |
2. | open - affording free passage or access; "open drains"; "the road is open to traffic"; "open ranks" Antonyms: closed - not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains" | |
3. | open - with no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound" Synonyms: exposed | |
4. | open - open to or in view of all; "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor" | |
5. | open - used of mouth or eyes; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened" Synonyms: opened | |
6. | open - not having been filled; "the job is still open" | |
7. | open - accessible to all; "open season"; "an open economy" | |
8. | open - not defended or capable of being defended; "an open city"; "open to attack" | |
9. | open - (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" Synonyms: loose | |
10. | open - having no protecting cover or enclosure; "an open boat"; "an open fire"; "open sports cars" | |
11. | open - opened out; "an open newspaper" | |
12. | open - of a set; containing points whose neighborhood consists of other points of the same set, or being the complement of an open set; of an interval; containing neither of its end points Antonyms: closed - of a curve or surface; having no end points or boundary curves; of a set; having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set; of an interval; containing both its endpoints | |
13. | open - not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined" | |
14. | open - not sealed or having been unsealed; "the letter was already open"; "the opened package lay on the table" Synonyms: opened | |
15. | open - without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition; "the clarity and resonance of an open tone"; "her natural and open response" | |
16. | open - relatively empty of and unobstructed by fences or hedges or headlands or shoals; "in open country"; "the open countryside"; "open waters"; "on the open seas" | |
17. | open - open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering" Synonyms: overt | |
18. | open - used of string or hole or pipe of instruments Synonyms: unstopped | |
19. | open - not requiring union membership; "an open shop employs nonunion workers" | |
20. | open - possibly accepting or permitting; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation" | |
21. | open - not secret; "open plans"; "an open ballot" | |
22. | open - without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "open disregard of the law"; "open family strife"; "open hostility"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion" | |
23. | open - affording free passage or view; "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory" Synonyms: clear | |
24. | open - lax in enforcing laws; "an open town" | |
25. | open - openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk" Synonyms: heart-to-heart, candid | |
26. | open - sincere and free of reserve in expression; "Please be open with me" | |
27. | open - receptive to new ideas; "an open mind"; "open to new ideas" | |
28. | open - ready for business; "the stores are open" |
TO OPEN, OPENING. To open a case is to make a statement of the pleadings in
a case, which is called the opening.
2. The opening should be concise, very distinct and perspicuous. Its
use is to enable the judge and jury to direct their attention to the real
merits of the case, and the points in issue. 1 Stark. R. 439;S. C. 2 E. C.
L. R. 462; 2 Stark. R. 31; S. C 3 Eng. C. L. R. 230.
3. The opening address or speech is that made immediately after the
evidence has been closed; such address usually states, 1st. The full extent
of the plaintiff's claims, and the circumstances under which they are made,
to show that they are just and reasonable. 2d. At least an outline of the
evidence by which those claims are to be established. 3d. The legal grounds
and authorities in favor of the claim or of the proposed evidence. 4th. An
anticipation of the expected defence, and statement of the grounds on which
it is futile, "either in law or justice, and the reasons why it ought to
fail. 3 Chit. Pr. 881; 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3044, et seq. To open a judgment, is
to set it aside.
1. | open - To prepare to read or write a file. This usually involves checking whether the file already exists and that the user has the necessary authorisation to read or write it. The result of a successful open is usually some kind of capability (e.g. a Unix file descriptor) - a token that the user passes back to the system in order to access the file without further checks and finally to close the file. | ||
2. | open - Abbreviation for "open (or left) parenthesis" - used when necessary to eliminate oral ambiguity. To read aloud the LISP form (DEFUN FOO (X) (PLUS X 1)) one might say: "Open defun foo, open eks close, open, plus eks one, close close." | ||
3. | open - Non-proprietary. An open standard is one which can be used without payment. |