OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE

Meaning of OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE in English

noun

a legal case or other matter that is easy to decide or solve :

The murder was an open-and-shut case.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|- noun Etymology: so called from the fact that it may be closed as soon as opened : a case …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE — clear case, uncomplicated case
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE — ˌopen-and-shut ˈcase BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular] a legal case or other matter that is easy to prove or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE — простое дело
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE — простое дело
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a competition is open to sb (= used to say who can enter a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHUT — I. ˈshə]t, dial ˈshe]; usu ]d.+V verb ( shut ; shut ; shutting ; shuts ) Etymology: Middle English shutten, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPEN — I. ˈōpən, esp before consonants -p ə m adjective ( opener -p(ə)nə(r) ; openest -p(ə)nə̇st) Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CASE — I. ˈkās noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English cas, from Old French, from Latin casus fall, event, chance, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHUT — /shut/ , v. , shut, shutting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OPEN — — openly , adv. — openness , n. /oh"peuhn/ , adj. 1. not closed or barred at the time, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CASE — case 1 — caseless , adj. — caselessly , adv. /kays/ , n. 1. an instance of the occurrence, existence, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHUT — I. ˈshət verb ( shut ; shut·ting ) Etymology: Middle English shetten, shutten, from Old English scyttan; akin to Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPEN — I. ˈō-pən, -p ə m adjective ( open·er ˈōp-nər, ˈō-pə- ; open·est ˈōp-nəst, ˈō-pə-) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHUT — noun a door or cover; a shutter. 2. shut ·impf & ·p.p. of shut. 3. shut ·adj closed or fastened; …
Webster English vocab
OPEN — vi to bark on scent or view of the game. 2. open ·adj produced by an open string; as, an …
Webster English vocab
CASE — vi to propose hypothetical cases. 2. case ·noun chance; accident; hap; opportunity. 3. case ·vt to strip the skin from; …
Webster English vocab
SHUT — [shut] vb shut ; shut.ting [ME shutten, fr. OE scyttan; akin to MD schutten to shut in, OE sceotan to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OPEN — [open] adj open.er ; open.est [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG offan open, OE up up] (bef. 12c) 1: having …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CASE — [case] n [ME cas, fr. OF, fr. L casus fall, chance, fr. cadere to fall--more at chance] (13c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHUT — / ʃʌt; NAmE / verb , adjective ■ verb ( shut·ting , shut , shut ) 1. to make sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPEN — / ˈəʊpən; NAmE ˈoʊ-/ adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective NOT CLOSED 1. allowing things or people to go …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CASE — / keɪs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun SITUATION 1. [ C ] a particular situation or a situation …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHUT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OPEN
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CASE — I. case 1 S1 W1 /keɪs/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-5, 7-16: Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHUT — v. (shutting; past and past part. shut) 1 tr. a move (a door, window, lid, lips, etc.) into position so …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OPEN — adj., v., & n. --adj. 1 not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CASE — n. 1 an instance of something occurring. 2 a state of affairs, hypothetical or actual. 3 a an instance of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHUT — v. (shutting; past and past part. shut) 1 tr. a move (a door, window, lid, lips, etc.) into position so …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OPEN — adj., v., & n. adj. 1 not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CASE — n. 1 an instance of something occurring. 2 a state of affairs, hypothetical or actual. 3 a an instance of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHUT — v. (shutting; past and past part. shut) 1. tr. a move (a door, window, lid, lips, etc.) into position so …
Oxford English vocab
OPEN — adj., v., & n. --adj. 1. not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
CASE — 1. n.1 an instance of something occurring. 2 a state of affairs, hypothetical or actual. 3 a an instance of …
Oxford English vocab
CASE — I. INSTANCES AND OTHER ABSTRACT MEANINGS /keɪs/ ( cases) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHUT — ( shuts, shutting) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: The form 'shut' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPEN — ( opens, opening, opened) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHUT — (~s, ~ting) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: The form '~' is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OPEN — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SHUT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CASE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHUT — Synonyms and related words : ban, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, blank, blind, blind-alley, block out, bolt, bolted, bottle …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CASE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHUT — adj. open and shut shut eye shut in shut mouthed shut off shut out shut up
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OPEN — I. adjective 1. not closed or obstructed escaped through the open gate Synonyms: patent, unclosed, unobstructed Related Word: agape, dehiscent, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CASE — noun 1 example ADJECTIVE ▪ classic , textbook , typical ▪ clear , obvious , simple ▪ It was a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SHUT — See ↑ SHUT 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ close/shut • ↑ push/kick/slide etc sth shut • ↑ slide/blow/swing etc shut
Longman Activator English vocab
SHUT
Longman Activator English vocab
OPEN — INDEX: 1. to open a door, window, box etc 2. when a door or window opens 3. an open door …
Longman Activator English vocab
OPEN — See ↑ AVAILABLE/NOT AVAILABLE 2, ↑ COMPUTERS/INTERNET/EMAIL 4, ↑ FASTEN/UNFASTEN 2, ↑ FREE 4, ↑ HIDE 11, ↑ HONEST 2, …
Longman Activator English vocab
SHUT — adj. 25B6; verb please shut the door : CLOSE, pull/push to, slam, fasten; put the lid on, bar, lock, secure. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPEN — n. 25B6; adjective the door's open : NOT SHUT, not closed, unlocked, unbolted, unlatched, off the latch, unfastened, unsecured; ajar, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHUT — v. 1 close, fasten, secure, shut up; lock, bolt, seal Come in and shut the door 2 shut down. close …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OPEN — adj. 1 ajar, gaping, agape, unfastened, unlocked, unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unclosed Come on in - the door is open 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CASE — n. 1 instance, example, event, occurrence; happening, occasion, circumstance, state, situation In a recent case a farmer was attacked by …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SHUT — 1. гл. 1) закрывать(ся), запирать(ся), затворять(ся) 2) закрывать, складывать ∙ shut away shut down shut in shut off shut out …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPEN — 1. прил. 1) а) открытый with open eyes ≈ с открытыми глазами; перен. сознательно, учитывая все последствия an open door …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CASE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHUT — shut.ogg 1. ʃʌt n 1. спец. 1> дверь, дверца 2> крышка 2. поэт. конец дня; сумерки 3. спай, место сварки …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OPEN — 1. ʹəʋpən n 1. открытое место, пространство 2. ( обыкн. Open) турнир типа «опен» ( открытый для любителей и профессионалов …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CASE — case.ogg _I 1. keıs n 1. случай; обстоятельство; положение (дел), обстоятельства the case in point - а) данный случай; случай, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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