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ALL meanings of openness

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  • noun openness Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one's own. 1
  • adjective openness 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 openness (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 openness having no means of closing or barring: an open portico. 1
  • adjective openness having the interior immediately accessible, as a box with the lid raised or a drawer that is pulled out. 1
  • adjective openness relatively free of obstructions to sight, movement, or internal arrangement: an open floor plan. 1
  • adjective openness constructed so as to be without cover or enclosure on the top or on some or all sides: an open boat. 1
  • adjective openness having relatively large or numerous spaces, voids, or intervals: an open architectural screen; open ranks of soldiers. 1
  • adjective openness perforated or porous: an open texture. 1
  • adjective openness relatively unoccupied by buildings, fences, trees, etc.: open country. 1
  • adjective openness not covered or closed; with certain parts apart: open eyes; open mouth. 1
  • adjective openness without a covering, especially a protective covering; unprotected; unenclosed; exposed: an open wound; open electrical wires. 1
  • adjective openness extended or unfolded: an open newspaper. 1
  • adjective openness without restrictions as to who may participate: an open competition; an open session. 1
  • adjective openness accessible or available to follow: the only course still open to us. 1
  • adjective openness not taken or filled; not preempted; available; vacant: Which job is open? 1
  • adjective openness ready for or carrying on normal trade or business: The new store is now open. The office is open on Saturdays. 1
  • adjective openness not engaged or committed: Have you any open time on Monday? 1
  • adjective openness accessible, as to appeals, ideas, or offers: to be open to suggestion. 1
  • adjective openness exposed to general view or knowledge; existing, carried on, etc., without concealment: open disregard of the rules. 1
  • adjective openness acting publicly or without concealment, as a person. 1
  • adjective openness unreserved, candid, or frank, as persons or their speech, aspect, etc.: an open manner. 1
  • adjective openness generous, liberal, or bounteous: to give with an open hand. 1
  • adjective openness liable or subject: open to question; open to retaliation. 1
  • adjective openness undecided; unsettled: several open questions. 1
  • adjective openness without effective or enforced legal, commercial, or moral regulations: an open town. 1
  • adjective openness unguarded by an opponent: an open wide receiver. 1
  • adjective openness noting the part of the sea beyond headlands or enclosing areas of land: to sail on the open seas. 1
  • adjective openness free of ice, as a body of water or a seaport. 1
  • adjective openness free of navigational hazards: an open coast. 1
  • adjective openness (of a seaport) available for foreign trade; not closed by government regulations or by considerations of health. 1
  • adjective openness (of a microphone) in operation; live. 1
  • adjective openness (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 openness not yet balanced or adjusted, as an account. 1
  • adjective openness not constipated, as the bowels. 1
  • adjective openness 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 openness Linguistics. (of a class of items) readily admitting new members, as the class of nouns, verbs, or adjectives (opposed to closed). 1
  • adjective openness Printing. (of type) in outline form. widely spaced or leaded, as printed matter. 1
  • adjective openness 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 openness 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 openness free from frost; mild or moderate: an open winter. 1
  • adjective openness Animal Husbandry. (of a female animal) not pregnant. 1
  • adjective openness Textiles. (of a fabric or weave) so loosely woven that spaces are visible between warp and filling yarns. 1
  • verb with object openness to move (a door, window sash, etc.) from a shut or closed position so as to admit of passage. 1
  • verb with object openness to render (a doorway, gateway, window, etc.) unobstructed by moving a door, window sash, etc., away from it. 1
  • verb with object openness to render the interior of (a box, drawer, etc.) readily accessible. 1
  • verb with object openness to clear (a passage, channel, etc.) of obstructions. 1
  • verb with object openness to clear (areas or passages in the body). 1
  • verb with object openness to give access to; make accessible or available, as for use: to open a port for trade. 1
  • verb with object openness to establish for business purposes or for public use: to open an office. 1
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