Definitions For Open

noun

• Information that has become public
• A tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
• Where the air is unconfined
• A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
• A competition (such as a major golf tournament or tennis tournament) that allows both professionals and amateurs to participate
• An area or place without walls, barriers, etc. : an area or place that is not covered or enclosed
• A situation in which something (such as a feeling) is no longer hidden or kept secret

verb

• Make available
• Become available
• Make the opening move
• Cause to open or to become open
• Become open
• Spread out or open from a closed or folded state
• Display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
• Afford access to
• Begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
• Start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
• Have an opening or passage or outlet
• To move (a door, window, etc.) so that an opening is no longer covered
• To move and no longer cover an opening
• To cause (something) to no longer be covered, sealed, or blocked

adjective

• Ready for business
• Not having been filled
• Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
• Without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
• Affording free passage or view
• Having no protecting cover or enclosure
• Open to or in view of all
• With no protection or shield
• Accessible to all
• Not sealed or having been unsealed
• Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
• Possibly accepting or permitting
• Not requiring union membership
• Not defended or capable of being defended

adjective

• Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
• Affording free passage or access
• Used of mouth or eyes
• (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
• Open and observable; not secret or hidden
• Ready or willing to receive favorably