open

o-pen · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Allowing access, passage, or view; not closed or blocked.

  2. 2.

    Available for business or service.

  3. 3.

    Not finally settled; subject to further thought.

  4. 4.

    Willing to consider new ideas; receptive.

  5. 5.

    Not concealed; frank.

  6. 6.

    To move a door, window, or lid so as to allow access.

  7. 7.

    To make accessible or available.

  8. 8.

    To begin or start.

  9. 9.

    An open space or area; outdoors.

Related words

Antonyms: closed, sealed, shut
See also: accessible, available, close, closed
Synonyms: accessible, available, unclosed

Etymology

From Old English open meaning "not closed, unsealed," from Proto-Germanic upana meaning "raised, open," related to the root of up. The verb developed from the adjective in Old English. The word has cognates in German offen and Dutch open.