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Etymology

Adjective from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Der.
- Template:Cog
- Template:Cog
- Template:Cog
- Template:Cog
- Template:Cog, Template:M
- Template:Cog
- Template:Cog
- Template:Cog
- Template:Cog
- Template:Cog
- Template:Cog
Template:Col-bottom Compare also Template:Cog, Template:Cog. Related to Template:M.
Verb from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Der. Cognate with Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog and Template:Cog. Related to Template:Cog.
Noun from Template:Inh, from the verb. In the sports sense, however, a shortening of “open competition”.
Pronunciation
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- Template:EnPR, Template:IPA
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Adjective
- Template:Lb Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
- Able to have something pass through or along it.
- Not covered, sealed, etc.; having an opening or aperture showing what is inside.
- Not physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- Of a space, free of objects and obstructions.
- Template:Lb Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- Template:Lb In a position allowing fluid to flow.
- Template:Lb Composed of a single slice of bread with a topping.
- Template:Lb 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.
- Able to be used or interacted with in some way.
- Template:Lb Available for use or operation.
- Template:Lb Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- Template:Lb Allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- Template:Lb Receptive.
- Template:Lb Template:Cap or vulnerable (to the stated means).
- Template:Lb In current use; connected to as a resource.
- Template:Lb Running.
- Not hidden or restricted.
- Not concealed; overt.
- Of a person, not concealing their feelings, opinions, etc.; candid, ingenuous.
- 1731-1735, Template:W, Moral Essays
- with aspect open, shall erect his head
- Template:RQ:Shakespeare Othello
- Template:RQ:Addison Italy
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- 1731-1735, Template:W, Moral Essays
- Template:SenseidTemplate:Lb Public.
- Template:Lb 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.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb With open access, of Template:W, or both.
- Template:Lb Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Template:Lb Of a tournament or competition, allowing anyone to enter, especially or originally irrespective of professional or amateur status.
- Template:Lb Characterised by free-flowing play.
- Not completed or finalised.
- Not settled; not decided or determined; not withdrawn from consideration.
- Template:Lb Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
- Not having one end joined to the other; not forming a closed loop.
- Template:Lb In a position such that a circuit is not completed, preventing electricity from flowing.
- Template:Lb Having different first and last vertices.
- Template:Lb Ending in a vowel; not having a coda.
- Template:Lb Having a free variable.
- Template:Lb Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of , that defines a topological space on .
- Template:Lb Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- Template:Lb Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- Template:Lb Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- Template:Lb Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- Template:Lb Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- Template:Lb 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.
- Template:Lb Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- Template:Antsense Template:L, Template:L
- Template:Antsense Template:L
- Template:Antsense Template:L, Template:L
- Template:Antsense Template:L, Template:L
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
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- Esperanto: Template:T-check, Template:Qualifier Template:T-check
- Ido: Template:T+check
- Swahili: Template:T+check
- Turkish: Template:T+check
- Woiwurrung: Template:T-check
Verb
- To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
- Template:Lb To make or become accessible or clear for passage by moving from a shut position.
- Template:Lb To make or become clear by removal of objects and obstructions, so as to allow passage, access, or visibility.
- Template:Lb To unseal or uncover, or become unsealed or uncovered.
- Template:Lb To spread; to expand into a wider or looser position.
- Template:Lb To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- Template:Lb To reveal one's hand.
- Template:Lb To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- Template:Lb To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- Template:Lb To cause or allow a gap to form or widen.
- Template:Lb To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- To make or become available for use or interaction.
- Template:Lb To make or become operative or available.
- Template:Lb To make or become accessible to customers, clients or visitors.
- Template:Lb To make or become receptive or susceptible (to something).
- Template:Lb To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
- Template:Lb To turn on; to switch on.
- To start or begin.
- Template:Lb To start (an event or activity) as the first performer or actor.
- Template:Lb To precede another as a performer at a concert or show.
- Template:Lb Of an event, activity etc., to start or get underway.
- Template:Lb To bring up, broach.
- Template:Lb To enter upon, begin.
- Template:Lb To start running (a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface).
- Template:Lb To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- Template:Lb To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- Template:Lb 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.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- Template:Sense Template:L
- Template:Sense Template:L
- Template:Sense Template:L; see also Thesaurus:begin
- Template:Sense Template:L; see also Thesaurus:reveal
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
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Noun
- Template:Lb Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- Template:Lb Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- Template:Lb A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status.
- The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
Derived terms
Translations
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Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh.
Pronunciation
Verb
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh.
Adjective
- Template:L, not closed
- Template:L for business
- Template:L, receptive
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Further reading
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Template:Dercat From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh.
Adjective
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Template:Dercat From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh.
Adjective
- Template:L
- 14th c. Template:W, Template:W. General Prologue: 9-11.
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Descendants
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh. Compare Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:M, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Usage notes
A common, but unofficial, feminine form is Template:M (“ei opa dør”, compare Template:M and Template:M). Up until 2012, Template:M was an optional official form, but was removed along with other forms like Template:M and Template:M.
Related terms
References
Old English
Etymology
From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh.
Originally a past participle of Template:Cog. Related to Template:Cog. Cognate with Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, and Template:Cog.
Pronunciation
Adjective
- Template:L
- 11th century, unknown translator, the Old English Template:W
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Plautdietsch
Adjective
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
Declension
References
Slovincian
Etymology
Template:Bor+. Compare Template:Cog and Template:Cog.