verb
- Cause to open or to become open.
- usage: "Mary opened the car door"
- Start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning.
- usage: "open a business"
- Become open.
- usage: "The door opened"
- Begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc..
- usage: "He opened the meeting with a long speech"
- synonyms: open
- Spread out or open from a closed or folded state.
- usage: "open the map"; "spread your arms"
- synonyms: unfold, spread, spread out, open
- Make available.
- usage: "This opens up new possibilities"
- Become available.
- usage: "an opportunity opened up"
- Have an opening or passage or outlet.
- usage: "The bedrooms open into the hall"
- synonyms: open
- Make the opening move.
- usage: "Kasparov opened with a standard opening"
- synonyms: open
- Afford access to.
- usage: "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"
- Display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer.
- synonyms: open