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Opens

/ˈəʊ.pənz/

To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.

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📖 Definitions of "Opens"

verb

1
To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
"Turn the doorknob to open the door."
2
To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
"He opened a path through the undergrowth."
3
To bring up, broach.
"I don't want to open that subject."
4
To enter upon, begin.
"to open a case in court, or a meeting"

noun

1
(with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
"I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!"
2
(with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
"We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open."
3
A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
"The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing."
4
A sports event in which anybody can compete
"the Australian Open"

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Opens"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
open upverb	(intransitive) To reveal oneself; to share personal information about oneself; to become communicative.
available	Readily obtainable.
visible	Able to be seen.
affordverb	To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
publicverb	(transitive, originally Scotland, archaic) To make (something) openly or widely known; to publicize, to publish.
ajarverb	(rare, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
giveverb	(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
spreadverb	(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
widenoun	Having a large physical extent from side to side.
spread outverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) Become further apart.
assailable	Able to be assailed or attacked.
conspicuous	Obvious or easy to notice.
exposed	(usually followed by to) Open (especially to something), unconcealed and/or unprotected (and therefore vulnerable, susceptible).
out-of-doorsnoun	outdoors; outside.
outdoorsnoun	(often preceded by the) The environment outside of enclosed structures.
open airnoun	the outdoors; a space not surrounded by walls.
overtnoun	Open and not concealed or secret.
unconcealed	open to view; not hidden or concealed
honorablenoun	Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
surfaceverb	(transitive) To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.