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  1. adjective Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed.
  2. adjective Affording unobstructed passage or view: open waters; the open countryside.
  3. adjective Having no protecting or concealing cover: an open wound; an open sports car.
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  • Coming into the open was the only way for them to bring their weapons into effective range, yet the soldiers in the tower had only been waiting for them to do so. —  Robin Hobb
  • And letting them rot in the open was an invitation to the plague I let Juma do as he wanted As I approached the gate towers, Juma came to me and invited me to a traditional victory feast of his people Since I killed him, I will be eating the former commander myself! —  LeoA
  • What I want to bring into the open is the fact that we are using philosophical criteria in choosing our models. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • [The GPL being the] unusual license that is the one that has the word open, because it's not open, is called the GPL. —  Boycott Novell - Recent changes [en]
  • And after that, we'll be open -- open to rediscovering some of our favorite entertainers that we haven't experienced in a while, including the following: —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English; see upo in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English open, opyn, rarely ope, from Anglo-Saxon open = Old Saxon opan, open = OFries. open, opin, epen = Dutch open = Middle Low German open, Low German open, apen = Old High German ophan, ofan, offan, Middle High German G. offen = Icelandic opinn = Swedish öppen = Danish aaben, open; in form as if orig. past participle of a strong verb, Anglo-Saxon *ūpan, etc. (which docs not appear), supposed to be from up, up; as if literally ‘lifted up,’ as a tent-door, the lid of a box, etc. (cf. dup, orig. do up, open): see up.
  2. from Middle English openen, from Anglo-Saxon openian = Old Saxon opanōn, oponōn = OFries. epenia = Dutch openen = Middle Low German openen, open = Old High German offanōn, offinan, Middle High German offenen, öffenen, German öffnen = Icelandic opna = Swedish öppna = Danish aabne, open; from the adjective: see open, adjective
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