I.
verb
1 door, window, box, etc.
ADVERB
▪ fully , wide
▪
She ~ed all the windows wide to let some fresh air in.
▪ gingerly
▪
Fred ~ed the box gingerly and peered inside.
▪ quickly , suddenly
▪ slowly
▪ automatically
▪
The glass doors ~ed automatically for him.
▪ out , up
▪
I ~ed out the map and laid it on the table.
▪
‘Open up!’ He shouted, hammering on the door.
VERB + OPEN
▪ try to
▪ manage to
▪ fail to
▪
Her parachute failed to ~.
2 building, road, etc.
ADVERB
▪ formally , officially
▪ up
▪
the opportunity to ~ up new markets
VERB + OPEN
▪ be due to , be expected to , be scheduled to
▪
The museum is due to ~ next year.
▪ hope to , intend to , plan to , want to , wish to
PHRASES
▪ newly ~ed , recently ~ed
▪
the newly ~ed gallery of Western decorative art
Open is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bud , ↑ chasm , ↑ conference , ↑ curtain , ↑ decade , ↑ divide , ↑ door , ↑ elevator , ↑ exhibit , ↑ exhibition , ↑ eye , ↑ factory , ↑ festival , ↑ film , ↑ gallery , ↑ gate , ↑ gulf , ↑ hearing , ↑ index , ↑ inquest , ↑ key , ↑ market , ↑ meeting , ↑ mouth , ↑ movie , ↑ museum , ↑ parachute , ↑ poll , ↑ restaurant , ↑ session , ↑ shop , ↑ sky , ↑ stock exchange , ↑ store , ↑ story , ↑ talk , ↑ trading , ↑ trial , ↑ window , ↑ work
Open is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ account , ↑ airspace , ↑ archive , ↑ arm , ↑ artery , ↑ attachment , ↑ avenue , ↑ backpack , ↑ bag , ↑ beak , ↑ blind , ↑ bonnet , ↑ book , ↑ boot , ↑ border , ↑ bottle , ↑ boutique , ↑ bowel , ↑ bowling , ↑ box , ↑ branch , ↑ briefcase , ↑ can , ↑ carton , ↑ cash register , ↑ channel , ↑ chasm , ↑ closet , ↑ coconut , ↑ congress , ↑ conversation , ↑ cover , ↑ crate , ↑ cupboard , ↑ curtain , ↑ debate , ↑ dialogue , ↑ discussion , ↑ document , ↑ door , ↑ drape , ↑ drawer , ↑ email , ↑ embassy , ↑ enquiry , ↑ envelope , ↑ evening , ↑ exhibition , ↑ eye , ↑ eyelid , ↑ facility , ↑ factory , ↑ faucet , ↑ festival , ↑ file , ↑ fire , ↑ flap , ↑ flask , ↑ frontier , ↑ gate , ↑ gift , ↑ hatch , ↑ headquarters , ↑ hearing , ↑ heart , ↑ hood , ↑ inquest , ↑ institute , ↑ jar , ↑ jaw , ↑ lead , ↑ letter , ↑ lid , ↑ lock , ↑ loophole , ↑ mail , ↑ meeting , ↑ menu , ↑ mind , ↑ mouth , ↑ museum , ↑ negotiation , ↑ newspaper , ↑ office , ↑ package , ↑ packet , ↑ palm , ↑ parachute , ↑ parcel , ↑ phase , ↑ pocketbook , ↑ pore , ↑ post , ↑ practice , ↑ present , ↑ purse , ↑ railway , ↑ refrigerator , ↑ refuge , ↑ restaurant , ↑ rucksack , ↑ safe , ↑ season , ↑ shade , ↑ shop , ↑ showroom , ↑ shutter , ↑ soda , ↑ station , ↑ store , ↑ subsidiary , ↑ suitcase , ↑ talk , ↑ thread , ↑ trunk , ↑ umbrella , ↑ valve , ↑ vault , ↑ vein , ↑ vent , ↑ wallet , ↑ wardrobe , ↑ window , ↑ wing , ↑ work , ↑ zip
II.
adj.
1 not closed
VERBS
▪ be , gape , hang , lie , stand
▪
She stared at him, her mouth hanging ~.
▪
The book lay ~ in front of him.
▪
The door stood ~.
▪ burst , creak , fall , flutter , fly , shoot , slide , snap , swing
▪
The bag fell ~.
▪
Suddenly the door flew ~.
▪
The gate swung ~.
▪ remain
▪ break sth , cut sth , fling sth , flip sth , get sth , prise/prize sth ( esp. BrE ), pry sth ( esp. AmE ), pull sth , push sth , rip sth , tear sth , throw sth , wrench sth , yank sth
▪
She flung the door ~ and rushed in.
▪
She flipped ~ Chris's diary.
▪
I tried to pry ~ the locket.
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He tore the letter ~.
▪ have sth , hold sth , keep sth , leave sth
▪
She held the door ~ for them.
▪ find sth , see sth
▪
I found the door ~.
ADVERB
▪ fully , wide
▪
The door was wide ~.
▪ partially
▪ slightly
2 honest and willing to talk
VERBS
▪ be , seem
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ completely
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
She's very ~ about her mistakes.
▪ with
▪
I don't think you've been completely ~ with me.
3 available for people to use
VERBS
▪ be
▪ remain , stay
▪
In spite of the snow, the roads remained ~.
▪
Some of the supermarkets stay ~ till ten.
▪ keep sth
▪
We want to keep the school ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
The pool is only ~ to residents.
4 having begun
VERBS
▪ be
▪ declare sth ( esp. BrE )
▪
The Australian premier declared the Olympic Games ~.
ADVERB
▪ officially
▪
The bridge is officially ~ now.
Open is used with these nouns: ↑ acknowledgement , ↑ admiration , ↑ admission , ↑ aggression , ↑ arm , ↑ ballot , ↑ bar , ↑ boat , ↑ border , ↑ carriage , ↑ casket , ↑ collar , ↑ combat , ↑ communication , ↑ communion , ↑ competition , ↑ conflict , ↑ confrontation , ↑ contempt , ↑ contest , ↑ country , ↑ countryside , ↑ courtyard , ↑ curiosity , ↑ curtain , ↑ cut , ↑ debate , ↑ deck , ↑ defiance , ↑ desert , ↑ dialogue , ↑ disbelief , ↑ discussion , ↑ display , ↑ ditch , ↑ door , ↑ doorway , ↑ drawer , ↑ ear , ↑ election , ↑ enquiry , ↑ enrolment , ↑ evening , ↑ expanse , ↑ expression , ↑ face , ↑ field , ↑ fire , ↑ fireplace , ↑ flame , ↑ flower , ↑ forum , ↑ gate , ↑ goal , ↑ grave , ↑ ground , ↑ hand , ↑ hatch , ↑ hearing , ↑ hill , ↑ hillside , ↑ hostility , ↑ invitation , ↑ jaw , ↑ kitchen , ↑ land , ↑ letter , ↑ market , ↑ marriage , ↑ meeting , ↑ microphone , ↑ mind , ↑ moor , ↑ mouth , ↑ neck , ↑ ocean , ↑ palm , ↑ pit , ↑ plain , ↑ pore , ↑ prairie , ↑ prison , ↑ question , ↑ razor , ↑ rebellion , ↑ revolt , ↑ road , ↑ sandal , ↑ sandwich , ↑ sea , ↑ season , ↑ seat , ↑ secret , ↑ session , ↑ set , ↑ shelf , ↑ shutter , ↑ sky , ↑ slope , ↑ society , ↑ sore , ↑ space , ↑ stretch , ↑ string , ↑ suitcase , ↑ surgery , ↑ system , ↑ talk , ↑ tender , ↑ terrain , ↑ tournament , ↑ truck , ↑ verdict , ↑ vowel , ↑ wagon , ↑ ward , ↑ warfare , ↑ water , ↑ window , ↑ wound
Open is used with these verbs: ↑ drop , ↑ shoulder , ↑ shove