How to pronounce “open”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
• Able to be used or interacted with in some way.
• Not hidden or restricted.
• Not completed or finalised.
• (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
• (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of
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• (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
• (music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
• (phonetics, sometimes with comparative opener) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
• (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
• (computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
• (of a multi-word compound) 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.
• (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
• [Verb]
• To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
• (transitive, intransitive) To cause or allow a gap to form or widen.
• To make or become available for use or interaction.
• To start or begin.
• (transitive) To make an open relationship or marriage, i.e., with possible additional relationships.
• (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
• [Noun]
• (in the definite) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
• (in the definite) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
• (electronics) 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.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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