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open up

o·pen up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [oh-puh n uhp]
    • /ˈoʊ pən ʌp/
    • /ˈəʊpən ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-puh n uhp]
    • /ˈoʊ pən ʌp/

Definitions of open up words

  • adjective open up 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 open up (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 open up having no means of closing or barring: an open portico. 1
  • adjective open up having the interior immediately accessible, as a box with the lid raised or a drawer that is pulled out. 1
  • adjective open up relatively free of obstructions to sight, movement, or internal arrangement: an open floor plan. 1
  • adjective open up constructed so as to be without cover or enclosure on the top or on some or all sides: an open boat. 1

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Origin of open up

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (adj.) Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Saxon opan (Dutch open), Old High German offan (German offen), Old Norse opinn, akin to up; (v.) Middle English openen, Old English openian; cognate with Old Saxon opanon (Dutch openen), Old High German offanōn (German öffnen)

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Parts of speech for Open up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

open up popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for open up

verb open up

  • accelerate — If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
  • acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
  • admit — If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
  • arrive at — to reach by traveling
  • barraging — Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.

Antonyms for open up

verb open up

  • fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
  • mothball — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.

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