openness

o·pen  (pn)

adj.

1.

a. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed.

b. Affording unobstructed passage or view: open waters; the open countryside.

2.

a. Having no protecting or concealing cover: an open wound; an open sports car.

b. Completely obvious; blatant: open disregard of the law.

c. Carried on in full view: open warfare; open family strife.

d. Sports Not closely defended by an opponent: an open receiver.

3.

a. Not sealed or tied: an open package.

b. Spread out; unfolded: an open book.

4. Having interspersed gaps, spaces, or intervals: open ranks; an open weave.

5.

a. Accessible to all; unrestricted as to participants: an open competition.

b. Free from limitations, boundaries, or restrictions: open registration.

c. Enterable by registered voters regardless of political affiliation: an open primary.

d. Computer Science Of or relating to a file that can be accessed.

6.

a. Lacking effective regulation: an open town in which gambling predominated.

b. Not legally repressed: open drug trafficking.

7.

a. Susceptible; vulnerable: open to interpretation; an issue that is open to question.

b. Willing to consider or deal with something: open to suggestions.

8.

a. Available; obtainable: The job is still open.

b. Available for use: an open account; the only course open to us.

9. Ready to transact business: The store is open.

10. Not engaged or filled: has an open hour for emergency cases.

11. Not yet decided; subject to further thought: an open question.

12.

a. Characterized by lack of pretense or reserve; candid: Please be open with me. See Synonyms at frank¹.

b. Free of prejudice; receptive to new ideas and arguments: She listened to the proposal with an open mind.

c. Generous: He is very open with his time.

13. Printing

a. Widely spaced or leaded. Used of typeset or other printed matter.

b. Having constituent elements separated by a space in writing or printing: The word sea horse is an open compound.

14. Music

a. Not stopped by a finger. Used of a string or hole of an instrument.

b. Produced by an unstopped string or hole or without the use of slides, valves, or keys: an open note on a trumpet.

c. Played without a mute: an open wind instrument.

15. Linguistics

a. Articulated with the tongue in a low position, as the vowel in far.

b. Ending in a vowel or diphthong: an open syllable.

16. Designating a method of punctuation in which commas and other marks are used sparingly.

17. Being in operation; live: an open microphone.

18. New England Clear. Used of weather. See Regional Note at fair¹.

19. Electricity Containing a gap across which electricity cannot pass: an open circuit.

20. Mathematics

a. Of or relating to an interval containing neither of its endpoints.

b. Of or being a set such that at least one neighborhood of every point in the set is within the set.

c. Of or being a set that is the complement of a closed set.

21. Sports

a. Having the forward foot farther from the intended point of impact with the ball than the rear foot: an open batting stance.

b. Held or swung with the top or outer edge of the striking face pointing slightly farther away from the objective than the lower or inner edge: The club struck the ball with an open face, causing a slice.

22. Physics Of or relating to a model of the universe in which there is not sufficient matter to halt its expansion.

v. o·pened, o·pen·ing, o·pens

v.tr.

1. To release from a closed or fastened position.

2. To remove obstructions from; clear.

3. To make or force an opening in: open an old wound.

4.

a. To form spaces or gaps between: soldiers opening ranks.

b. To break the continuity of; make a gap in: open a circuit.

5.

a. To remove the cover, cork, or lid from.

b. To remove the wrapping from; undo.

6. To unfold so that the inner parts are displayed; spread out: open a newspaper.

7.

a. To get (something) going; initiate: open a campaign.

b. To commence the operation of: open a new business.

8. Games To begin (the action in a game of cards) by making the first bid, placing the first bet, or playing the first lead.

9. To make available for use: opened the area to commercial development; opened the computer file and retrieved some data.

10. To make more responsive or understanding.

11. To reveal the secrets of; bare.

12. Sports To modify (one's stance), as in baseball or golf, so that it is open.

13. Law To recall (an order or judgment) for a reexamination of its merits.

v.intr.

1. To become open: The door opened slowly.

2. To draw apart; separate: The wound opened under pressure.

3. To spread apart; unfold.

4. To come into view; become revealed: The plain opened before us.

5. To become receptive or understanding.

6.

a. To begin; commence: The meeting opened with a call to order.

b. To begin business or operation: The store opens early on Saturday.

7. To be performed, shown, or made available to the public for the first time: The play opens next week.

8. To be priced or listed at a specified amount when trading begins: Shares opened high and fell sharply.

9. Games To make a bid, bet, or lead in starting a game of cards.

10. To give access: The room opens onto a terrace.

n.

1. An unobstructed area of land or water.

2. The outdoors: camping in the open.

3. An undisguised or unconcealed state: brought the problem out into the open.

4. A tournament or contest in which both professional and amateur players may participate.

Phrasal Verb:

open up

1. To spread out; unfold: A green valley opened up before us.

2.

a. To begin operation: The new store opens up next month.

b. To begin firing: The artillery opened up at dawn.

3. Informal To speak freely and candidly: At last the frightened witness opened up and told the truth.

4. To make an opening in by cutting: The surgeon opened up the patient's chest.

5. To make available or accessible: open up new markets.

6. Informal To accelerate. Used of a motor vehicle.

Idioms:

open fire

To begin firing on.

open (one's) eyes

To become aware of the truth of a situation.

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[Middle English, from Old English; see upo in Indo-European roots.]

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open·ly adv.

open·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	openness - without obstructions to passage or view; "the openness of the prairies" spatial arrangement, spacing - the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them patency - the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
	2.	openness - characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive nakedness sociability, sociableness - the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows secretiveness, closeness - characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
	3.	openness - willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the proposal" receptiveness, receptivity willingness - cheerful compliance; "he expressed his willingness to help"

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openness

noun frankness, honesty, truthfulness, naturalness, bluntness, forthrightness, ingenuousness, artlessness, guilelessness, candidness, freeness, open-heartedness, absence of reserve, candour or (U.S.) candor, sincerity or sincereness, unreservedness a relationship based on openness and trust

Quotations
"I will wear my heart upon my sleeve" [William Shakespeare Othello]

Translations

openness [ˈəʊpnnɪs] N (= frankness) → franqueza f

openness [ˈəʊpənnɪs] n

(= frankness) → franchise f

(= receptivity) → ouverture f
openness to sth → ouverture à qch
her openness to new ideas → son ouverture aux nouvelles idées
open-plan [ˌəʊpənˈplæn] adj [building, room] → sans cloison; [office] → paysagé(e)
open primary n (US) élection primaire ouverte aux non-inscrits d'un parti
open prison n → prison f ouverte
open question n
it is an open question whether ... → la question reste ouverte de savoir si ...
open sandwich n → tartine f
open season n (when usual restrictions are lifted or ignored) → chasse f ouverte
open season on sb → la chasse ouverte à qn
to declare open season on sb → déclarer la chasse ouverte à qn
open secret n → secret m de Polichinelle
it's an open secret that ... → ce n'est un secret pour personne que ...
open shop n (= company) entreprise qui admet les travailleurs non syndiqués
open ticket n → billet m open
Open University n (British) the Open University centre d'enseignement universitaire par correspondance
open verdict n → verdict m constatant un décès sans cause déterminée

openness

n

(= frankness) → Offenheit f, → Aufrichtigkeit f; (= publicness) → Öffentlichkeit f, → Offenheit f

(fig: of mind) → Aufgeschlossenheit f → (to für)

(of countryside, coast) → Offenheit f

(= looseness: of weave) → Lockerheit f

openness [ˈəʊpnnɪs] n (frankness) → franchezza, sincerità

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openness [ˈəʊpnnɪs] n (frankness) → franchezza, sincerità