Opens - English meaning

verb

Move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision.

Usage examples:

She opened the door and went in

Synonims:

UnfastenUnlatchUnlockUnboltUnbarUnclickThrow wide

verb

Unfold or be unfolded; spread out.

Usage examples:

The eagle opened its wings and circled up into the air

Synonims:

Spread outUnfoldUnfurlUnrollStraighten outExtendStretch out

verb

Make formally ready for customers, visitors, or business.

Usage examples:

She raised £731 by opening her home and selling coffee and tea

noun

Make or become formally ready for customers, visitors, or business.

Usage examples:

She raised $731 by opening her home and selling coffee and tea

noun

Formally establish or begin (a new business, movement, or enterprise).

Usage examples:

She began to teach and opened her own school

noun

Make more available or widely known.

Usage examples:

The retirement of mahatir mohammed as prime minister of malaysia has opened the possibility of clos…

noun

Break the conducting path of (an electric circuit).

Usage examples:

The switch opens the motor circuit

noun

Outdoors or in the countryside.

Usage examples:

Guests were sitting in the open on the terrace

noun

A championship or competition with no restrictions on who may compete.

Usage examples:

His victory in the 2003 australian open

noun

An accidental break in the conducting path for an electric current.

adjective

Allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked.

Usage examples:

He climbed through the open window

adjective

Exposed to the air or to view; not covered.

Usage examples:

An open fire burned in the grate

adjective

With the outer edges or sides drawn away from each other; unfolded or spread out.

Usage examples:

The trees had buds and a few open flowers

adjective

(of a business, place of entertainment, etc.) admitting customers or visitors; available for business.

Usage examples:

The shop stays open until 9 p.m

adjective

Freely available or accessible; unrestricted.

Usage examples:

The service is open to all students

adjective

Not concealing one's thoughts or feelings; frank and communicative.

Usage examples:

She behaved in an open and cheerful manner

adjective

(of a matter or decision) not finally settled; still admitting of debate.

Usage examples:

Students' choice of degree can be kept open until the second year

adjective

(of a string) allowed to vibrate along its whole length.

Usage examples:

You can learn how to use an open string to give a reference tone when playing the fiddle.

adjective

(of a vowel) produced with a relatively wide opening of the mouth and the tongue kept low.

Usage examples:

A closing diphthong ends closer than it begins, while an opening diphthong ends more open than it b…

adjective

(of an electric circuit) having a break in the conducting path.

Usage examples:

No or low output voltage means the transformer winding has open or shorted winding.

adjective

Being in a position that allows things to pass through or that allows for immediate use; not closed or fastened

Usage examples:

The window was wide open., the trunk of his car had been pried open., the supermarket is open till …

adjective

If a shop, bank, office, etc. is open, its door are unlocked and it is doing business

Usage examples:

Our offices are open from 9 to 5., the club has a liquor license allowing it to remain open until 2…