Open
Meaning
Allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked.
Pronunciation
UK ˈəʊpən
US ˈoʊpən
Example Sentences
- The four Grand Slam tournaments (also referred to as the Majors) are especially popular: the Australian Open played on hard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, [Wimbledon] played on grass courts, and the US Open also played on hard courts.
- [Badaling] Great Wall was the first section of the wall to open for tourists.
- Reason tends to prove this theory, which anyone can check out, quite simply, in the following way : milk left to the open air, naturally transforms itself through the effects of germs, which make it coagulate and ferment.
- More deaths occur when strong winds cause tree limbs to fall, debris to become projectiles and small boats in open water to capsize.
- They live in open grassland called savannas in the [Sahel], and in parts of East Africa and south west Africa.
- Android is actually open-source which means that individuals have the option to modify source code of the OS and manufacturers can add features.
- From its open-source nature to the simplicity of use, it ticks all the boxes when it comes to a mobile OS.
- "Cat people" are said to be more open people, but also a bit more neurotic.
- Sea otters are known for their remarkable ability to use rocks to smash open shellfish to fill their stomachs.
- Otters are born with their eyes closed, and as soon as they open they have a lot to learn like swimming and hunting.
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