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open
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?'p?n, IPA(key): /???.p?n/
- (US) enPR: ?'p?n, IPA(key): /?o?.p?n/
- Rhymes: -??p?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English open, from Old English open (“open”), from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”), from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“up from under, over”). Cognate with Scots apen (“open”), Saterland Frisian eepen (“open”), West Frisian iepen (“open”), Dutch open (“open”), Low German open, apen (“open”), German offen (“open”), Danish åben (“open”), Swedish öppen (“open”), Norwegian Bokmål åpen (“open”), Norwegian Nynorsk open (“open”), Icelandic opinn (“open”). Compare also Latin supinus (“on one's back, supine”), Albanian hap (“to open”). Related to up.
Adjective
open (comparative more open, superlative most open)
- (not comparable) Not closed
- able to be accessed
- able to have something pass through or along it.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 2
- The open road, the dusty highway […]
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 2
- (of a body part) not covered, showing what is inside
- Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended
- Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight.
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- (comparable) Receptive.
- (not comparable) Public
- (not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
- 1731-1735, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays
- with aspect open, shall erect his head
- The French are always open, familiar, and talkative.
- 1731-1735, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of , that defines a topological space on .
- (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.
- (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.
- (business) Not fulfilled.
- Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
- (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- (music, wind instruments) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- (law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- (phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- (phonetics, of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
- (computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- (computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
Synonyms
- (not closed): accessible, unimpeded
- (ending in a vowel): free
- (with a free license and no proprietary components): free
Antonyms
- (accessible): closed, shut
- (law): without prejudice
- (ending in a vowel): closed, checked
- (with a free license and no proprietary components): closed-source, proprietary
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English openen, from Old English openian (“to open”), from Proto-Germanic *upan?n? (“to raise; lift; open”), from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”, adjective). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eepenje (“to open”), West Frisian iepenje (“to open”), Dutch openen (“to open”), German öffnen (“to open”), Danish åbne (“to open”), Swedish öppna (“to open”), Norwegian Bokmål åpne (“to open”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic opna (“to open”). Related to English up.
Verb
open (third-person singular simple present opens, present participle opening, simple past and past participle opened)
- (transitive) To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
- (transitive) To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
- (transitive) To bring up, broach.
- (transitive) To enter upon, begin.
- (transitive) To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
- (transitive) To make accessible to customers or clients.
- (transitive) To start (a campaign).
- (intransitive) To become open.
- (intransitive) To begin conducting business.
- (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
- (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
- 1622, Francis Bacon, The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh
- The king opened himself to some of his council, that he was sorry for the earl's death.
- 1622, Francis Bacon, The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh
Synonyms
- (to make accessible): unseal
- (to bring up): raise
- (to enter upon): start; see also Thesaurus:begin
- (to disclose): bare; see also Thesaurus:reveal
Hyponyms
- (to make accessible): crack (open a bit)
Antonyms
- (to make accessible): bare, shut
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English open (“an aperture or opening”), from the verb (see Etymology 2 above). In the sports sense, however, a shortening of “open competition”.
Noun
open (plural opens)
- (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- (with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Nope, nope, peno-, peon, pone
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch openen, from Middle Dutch ?penen, from Old Dutch opanon, from Proto-Germanic *upan?n?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????.p?n/
Verb
open (present open, present participle openende, past participle geopen)
- (transitive) to open
Related terms
- oop
Catalan
Etymology
From English open.
Noun
open m (plural open or òpens)
- (sports) open
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?.p?(n)/
- Hyphenation: open
- Rhymes: -o?p?n
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ?pen, from Old Dutch opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz.
Adjective
open (comparative opener, superlative openst)
- open, not closed
- Antonyms: gesloten, dicht, toe
- open for business
- Antonyms: gesloten, dicht
- open, receptive
- Antonym: gesloten
Inflection
Antonyms
- gesloten
Derived terms
- openbaar
- openbaren
- openen
- opener
- opening
- openlijk
Descendants
- Afrikaans: oop
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
open
- first-person singular present indicative of openen
- imperative of openen
Anagrams
- nope
Finnish
Noun
open
- genitive singular of ope
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English open.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.p?n/
Noun
open m (plural opens)
- open; open tournament
Further reading
- “open” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz.
Adjective
?pen
- open, not closed
- open, accessible
- freely accessible, public
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- ?penen
Descendants
- Dutch: open
- Afrikaans: oop
- Limburgish: aop
Further reading
- “open”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “open (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II
Middle English
Alternative forms
- opyn, ope
Etymology
From Old English open, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz.
Adjective
open (comparative more open, superlative most open)
- open
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9-11.
- And smale foweles maken melodye,
- That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
- (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
- And many little birds make melody
- That sleep through all the night with open eye
- (So Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage)
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9-11.
Related terms
- open-ers
- openly
Descendants
- English: open (obsolete ope)
- Scots: appen, apen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse opinn, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz. Compare Danish åben, Icelandic opinn, Swedish öppen, Dutch open, Low German apen, open, German offen, West Frisian iepen, English open.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²o?p?n/
Adjective
open (masculine and feminine open, neuter ope or opent, definite singular and plural opne, comparative opnare, indefinite superlative opnast, definite superlative opnaste)
- open
Related terms
- opna, opne
See also
- åpen (Bokmål)
References
- “open” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *upanaz. Originally a past participle of Proto-Germanic *?pan? (“to lift up, open”). Akin to Old English ?p (“up”). Cognate with Old Frisian open, opin, epen (West Frisian iepen), Old Saxon opan, open (Low German apen, open), Dutch open, Old High German offan, ofan, ophan (German offen), Old Norse opinn (Danish åben, Norwegian open, Swedish öppen).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o.pen/
Adjective
open
- open
Declension
Derived terms
- openl??
Descendants
- Middle English: open, opyn, ope
- Scots: appen, apen
- English: open
Plautdietsch
Adjective
open
- open
Spanish
Etymology
From English open.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?open/, [?o.p?n]
Noun
open m (plural opens or open)
- (sports) open
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silly
English
Etymology
From Middle English seely, s?l?, from Old English s?li?, ?es?li? (“blessed; fortunate”), from Proto-West Germanic *s?l?g (“blissful, happy”), from *s?li (“happy, fortunate”). Equivalent to seel (“happiness, bliss”) +? -y. Doublet of Seelie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?li/
- Rhymes: -?li
- Homophone: Scilly
Adjective
silly (comparative sillier, superlative silliest)
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene i, line 209:
- This is the silliest stuffe, that euer I heard.
- 1970, Graham Chapman & al., Monty Python's Flying Circus, I, 183:
- Well sir, I have a silly walk and I'd like to obtain a Government grant to help me develop it.
- (of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.
- 1875 June 26, Saturday Review, 815/2:
- He cannot achieve celebrity by covering himself with diamonds... or by giving a silly price for a hack.
- 1875 June 26, Saturday Review, 815/2:
- 1600, William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene i, line 209:
- (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Blessed, particularly:
- Good; pious.
- a. 1450, Seven Sages, line 1361:
- The sylyman lay and herde,
And hys wyf answerd.
- The sylyman lay and herde,
- a. 1450, Seven Sages, line 1361:
- Holy.
- 1650 in 1885, W. Cramond, Church of Rathven, 21:
- ... thrie Saturdayes befor Lambas and thrie efter called the six silie Saturdayes.
- 1650 in 1885, W. Cramond, Church of Rathven, 21:
- Good; pious.
- (now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
- 1556 in 1880, William Henry Turner, Selections from the Records of the City of Oxford... 1509–83, 246:
- The fire raging upon the silly Carcase.
- (now literary) Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.
- a. 1475, in 1925, Rossell Hope Robbins, Secular Lyrics of the 14th & 15th Centuries, 109:
- There is no best in þe word, I wene...
That suffuris halfe so myche tene
As doth þe sylly wat.
- There is no best in þe word, I wene...
- a. 1513, William Dunbar, Poems, 247:
- In the silly lambis skin He crap als far as he micht win.
- a. 1475, in 1925, Rossell Hope Robbins, Secular Lyrics of the 14th & 15th Centuries, 109:
- (now literary) Helpless, defenseless.
- scared silly
- 1539, Richard Morison translating Juan Luis Vives, Introduction to Wysedome:
- Wherfore Christe must soo moche the more instantelye be sought vpon, that he may vouchsafe to defende vs sylly wretches.
- 1665, Thomas Manley translating Hugo Grotius, De Rebus Belgicis, 938:
- There remained fresh Examples of their Barbarism against weak Sea-men, and silly Fisher-men.
- Insignificant, worthless, (chiefly Scotland) especially with regard to land quality.
- a. 1500, Robert Henryson translating Aesop, "Two Mice":
- Ane sillie scheill vnder ane erdfast stane
- 1595, William Shakespeare, The third Part of King Henry the Sixt, vvith the death of the Duke of Yorke, Act III, Scene iii, line 93:
- ...A pettigree
Of threescore and two yeares a sillie time,
To make prescription for a kingdomes worth.
- ...A pettigree
- 1907, Transactions of the Highland & Agricultural Society, 19, 172:
- It is naturally very poor, ‘silly’ land.
- a. 1500, Robert Henryson translating Aesop, "Two Mice":
- Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).
- 1567, John Maplet, A Greene Forest:
- Here we see that a smal sillie Bird knoweth how to match with so great a Beast.
- 1587, Philip Sidney & al. translating Philippe de Mornay, A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, xxxii, 596:
- [Christ] leaueth neither Children nor kinsfolke behind him to vphold his sillie kingdome.
- 1946 in 1971, Scottish National Dictionary, Vol. VIII, 234/3:
- That'll never grow. It's ower silly.
- 1567, John Maplet, A Greene Forest:
- Sickly; feeble; infirm.
- 1636, Alexander Montgomerie, The Cherrie & the Slae, line 1512:
- To doe the thing we can
To please...
This silly sickly man.
- To doe the thing we can
- 1818, Walter Scott, "Heart of Mid-Lothian", v:
- Is there ony thing you would particularly fancy, as your health seems but silly?
- 1636, Alexander Montgomerie, The Cherrie & the Slae, line 1512:
- 1556 in 1880, William Henry Turner, Selections from the Records of the City of Oxford... 1509–83, 246:
- (now rural Britain, rare) Simple, plain, particularly:
- Rustic, homely.
- 1570, John Foxe, Actes & Monumentes, Vol. II, 926/1:
- Dauid had no more but a sylie slynge, and a few stones.
- 1570, John Foxe, Actes & Monumentes, Vol. II, 926/1:
- (obsolete) Lowly, of humble station.
- a. 1547, the Earl of Surrey translating Publius Virgilius Maro, Certain Bokes of Virgiles Aeneis, Book II:
- The silly herdman all astonnied standes.
- 1568, Alexander Scott, Poems, 27:
- So luvaris lair no leid suld lak,
A lord to lufe a silly lass.
- So luvaris lair no leid suld lak,
- a. 1547, the Earl of Surrey translating Publius Virgilius Maro, Certain Bokes of Virgiles Aeneis, Book II:
- Rustic, homely.
- Mentally simple, foolish, particularly:
- (obsolete) Rustic, uneducated, unlearned.
- 1687, Archibald Lovell translating Jean de Thévenot, The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant, i, 2:
- From Hell (of which the silly people of the Country think the top of this hill to be the mouth).
- 1687, Archibald Lovell translating Jean de Thévenot, The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant, i, 2:
- Thoughtless, lacking judgment.
- 1576, Abraham Fleming translating Sulpicius, A Panoplie of Epistles, 24:
- Wee sillie soules, take the matter too too heauily.
- 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, iii, 252:
- ‘Heaven help this silly fellow,’ murmured the perplexed locksmith.
- 1972, George Lucas & al., American Graffiti, 8:
- Steve, don't be silly. I mean social intercourse.
- 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 3:
- Framed? Framed? Oh, grow up, Mattie. The truth is that everyone is sillier than you could possibly imagine they'd be. What a dickhead.
- 1576, Abraham Fleming translating Sulpicius, A Panoplie of Epistles, 24:
- (Scotland) Mentally retarded.
- 1568, Christis Kirk on Grene:
- Fow ?ellow ?ellow wes hir heid bot scho of lufe wes sillie.
- 1814, Walter Scott, Waverley, III, xvi, 237:
- Davie's no just like other folk... but he's no sae silly as folk tak him for.
- 1568, Christis Kirk on Grene:
- Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.
- 1829 January 17, Lancaster Gazette:
- You say you were knocked silly—was that so?
- 1907, John Millington Synge, Playboy of the Western World, iii, 64:
- Drinking myself silly...
- 1942, J. Chodorov & al., Junior Miss, ii, i, 113:
- Well, Judy, now that you've scared me silly, what's so important?
- 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 2:
- I can kick this stuff any time I like. I tell you what. Get this week over, we'll go to a health farm for ten days. No drugs. No drink. And shag ourselves silly. How about that?
- 1829 January 17, Lancaster Gazette:
- (obsolete) Rustic, uneducated, unlearned.
- (cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
- 1862 July 4, Notts. Guardian:
- Carpenter now placed himself at silly-point for Grundy, who was playing very forward.
- 1862 July 4, Notts. Guardian:
Usage notes
Silly is usually taken to imply a less serious degree of foolishness, mental impairment, or hilarity than its synonyms.
The sense meaning stupefied is usually restricted to times when silly is used as a verb complement, denoting that the action is done so severely or repetitively that it leaves one senseless.
Synonyms
- (playful): charming
- Also see Thesaurus:foolish
Antonyms
- (playful): pious
Derived terms
- (adverb): sillily, silly
- silliness
- silly season
Translations
Adverb
silly (comparative sillier, superlative silliest)
- (now regional or colloquial) Sillily: in a silly manner.
- 1731, Colley Cibber, Careless Husband, 7th ed., i, i, 21:
- If you did but see how silly a Man fumbles for an Excuse, when he's a little asham'd of being in Love.
- 1731, Colley Cibber, Careless Husband, 7th ed., i, i, 21:
Noun
silly (plural sillies)
- (colloquial) A silly person.
- 1807 May, Scots Magazine, 366/1:
- While they, poor sillies, bid good night,
O' love an' bogles eerie.
- While they, poor sillies, bid good night,
- 1807 May, Scots Magazine, 366/1:
- (endearing, gently derogatory) A term of address.
- 1918 September, St. Nicholas, 972/2:
- ‘Come on, silly,’ said Nannie.
- 1918 September, St. Nicholas, 972/2:
- (colloquial) A mistake.
Translations
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, ""silly, adj., n., and adv.", 2013.
Anagrams
- silyl, slily, yills
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