opening adjective
o·pen·ing
The adjective form of opening is open
The adjective form of opening is openable
O oDefinitions
- adjective opening not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night. 1
- adjective opening (of a door, gate, window sash, or the like) set so as to permit passage through the opening it can be used to close. 1
- adjective opening hours: of business 1
- adjective opening having no means of closing or barring: an open portico. 1
- adjective opening beginning 1
- adjective opening having the interior immediately accessible, as a box with the lid raised or a drawer that is pulled out. 1
- adjective opening relatively free of obstructions to sight, movement, or internal arrangement: an open floor plan. 1
- adjective opening constructed so as to be without cover or enclosure on the top or on some or all sides: an open boat. 1
- adjective opening having relatively large or numerous spaces, voids, or intervals: an open architectural screen; open ranks of soldiers. 1
- adjective opening perforated or porous: an open texture. 1
- adjective opening relatively unoccupied by buildings, fences, trees, etc.: open country. 1
- adjective opening not covered or closed; with certain parts apart: open eyes; open mouth. 1
- adjective opening without a covering, especially a protective covering; unprotected; unenclosed; exposed: an open wound; open electrical wires. 1
- adjective opening extended or unfolded: an open newspaper. 1
- adjective opening without restrictions as to who may participate: an open competition; an open session. 1
- adjective opening accessible or available to follow: the only course still open to us. 1
- adjective opening not taken or filled; not preempted; available; vacant: Which job is open? 1
- adjective opening ready for or carrying on normal trade or business: The new store is now open. The office is open on Saturdays. 1
- adjective opening not engaged or committed: Have you any open time on Monday? 1
- adjective opening accessible, as to appeals, ideas, or offers: to be open to suggestion. 1
- adjective opening exposed to general view or knowledge; existing, carried on, etc., without concealment: open disregard of the rules. 1
- adjective opening acting publicly or without concealment, as a person. 1
- adjective opening unreserved, candid, or frank, as persons or their speech, aspect, etc.: an open manner. 1
- adjective opening generous, liberal, or bounteous: to give with an open hand. 1
- adjective opening liable or subject: open to question; open to retaliation. 1
- adjective opening undecided; unsettled: several open questions. 1
- adjective opening without effective or enforced legal, commercial, or moral regulations: an open town. 1
- adjective opening unguarded by an opponent: an open wide receiver. 1
- adjective opening noting the part of the sea beyond headlands or enclosing areas of land: to sail on the open seas. 1
- adjective opening free of ice, as a body of water or a seaport. 1
- adjective opening free of navigational hazards: an open coast. 1
- adjective opening (of a seaport) available for foreign trade; not closed by government regulations or by considerations of health. 1
- adjective opening (of a microphone) in operation; live. 1
- adjective opening (of a delimiting punctuation mark) occurring at the beginning of a group of words or characters that is set off, as from surrounding text: open parenthesis; open quotes. Compare close (def 51). 1
- adjective opening not yet balanced or adjusted, as an account. 1
- adjective opening not constipated, as the bowels. 1
- adjective opening Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with a relatively large opening above the tongue or with a relatively large oral aperture, as the vowel sound of cot compared with that in caught. (of a syllable) ending with a vowel. (of a consonant) continuant (opposed to stop). 1
- adjective opening Linguistics. (of a class of items) readily admitting new members, as the class of nouns, verbs, or adjectives (opposed to closed). 1
- adjective opening Printing. (of type) in outline form. widely spaced or leaded, as printed matter. 1
- adjective opening Music. (of an organ pipe) not closed at the far end. (of a string) not stopped by a finger. (of a note) produced by such a pipe or string or, on a wind instrument, without the aid of a slide, key, etc. 1
- adjective opening Mathematics. (of an interval) containing neither endpoint. (of a set) consisting of points having neighborhoods wholly contained in the set, as the set of points within a circle. (of a map from one topological space to another) having the property that the image of an open set is an open set. 1
- adjective opening free from frost; mild or moderate: an open winter. 1
- adjective opening Animal Husbandry. (of a female animal) not pregnant. 1
- adjective opening Textiles. (of a fabric or weave) so loosely woven that spaces are visible between warp and filling yarns. 1
- adjective opening The opening event, item, day, or week in a series is the first one. 0
- adjective opening initial or introductory 0