open

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Not closed.
2. Not closed.
3. Not closed.
4. Not closed.
5. Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended.
6. Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
7. Receptive.
8. Public
9. With open access, of open science, or both.
10. Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
11. Mild (of the weather); free from frost or snow.
12. Having a free variable.
13. Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
14. Whose first and last vertices are different.
15. In current use; connected to as a resource.
16. To be in a position allowing fluid to flow.
17. To be in a position preventing electricity from flowing.
18. Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
19. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
20. Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
21. Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
25. Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
26. That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
27. Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
28. Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
29. Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
30. 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.

Verb

1. To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
2. To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
3. To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
4. To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
5. To turn on; to switch on.
6. To bring up, broach.
7. To enter upon, begin.
8. To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
9. To make accessible to customers or clients.
10. To start (a campaign).
11. To become open.
12. To begin conducting business.
13. To perform before others at a concert or show.
14. To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
15. To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
16. To reveal one's hand.
17. To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
18. To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
19. (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.

Noun

1. Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
2. Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
3. A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
4. A sports event in which anybody can compete.
5. The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.

Concepts

ouvrir

ouvert

s’ouvrir

entrouvrir

fermer

grand ouvert

libre

grand’ouvert

entrouvert

ouverte

ouvertes

ouverts

large

public

découvert

étaler

ouvrir tout grand

étendu

ample

communicatif

sociable

ouverture

officiel

publique

être ouvert

déplier

étendre

entamer

franc

écarquiller

épanouir

déboucher

spacieux

ouvrir bouche

donner

béant

disposé

disposée

disposées

disposés

dégagé

non résolu

écarter

ouvrir en grand

formel

gouvernemental

mis au grand jour

caverneux

poreux

bien visible

manifeste

ostensible

se vider

se désemplir

être moins encombré

aggrandir

dérouler

élargir

étirer

commencer

découvrir

éclore

inaugurer

révéler

dénouer

détacher

s’étaler

vaste

ouvertement

être grand ouvert

être entrouvert

écarté

forcer

fracturer

partir

casser

craquer

crever

exploser

fendre

se briser

éclater

sujet

offrir

pouvoir

superficie

surface

air

nature

plein air

grand jour

omnium sportif

omnium

open

plein

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈəʊp(ə)n/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English open, from Old English open (“open”), from Proto-West Germanic *opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”), from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“up from under, over”).
cognates
* Scots apen (“open”)
* Saterland Frisian eepen (“open”)
* West Frisian iepen (“open”)
* Dutch open (“open”)
* Low German open, apen (“open”)
* German offen (“open”)
* Danish åben (“open”)
* Swedish öppen (“open”)
* Norwegian Bokmål åpen (“open”)
* Norwegian Nynorsk open (“open”)
* Icelandic opinn (“open”)
Compare also Latin supinus (“on one's back, supine”), Albanian hap (“to open”). Related to up.

Phrases

The Town Hall is open to the public and may be visited .

La mairie est ouverte au public et peut être visitée.

He waited patiently for the merchant to awaken and open the shop .

Il a attendu patiemment que le marchand se réveille et ouvre la boutique.

The large antenna had failed to open fully after receiving commands from inside Mir .

La grande antenne n'avait pas réussi à s'ouvrir complètement après avoir reçu des commandes de l'intérieur de Mir.