Open
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A sports event in which anybody can contest; as, the Australian Open. a wire that is broken midway. (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location. (with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Which is not closed; accessible; unimpeded; as, an open gate. Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business. Receptive. Public; as, an open letter, an open declaration. Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character: Having a free variable. Is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X. In current use; mapped to part of memory.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make something accessible or removing an obstacle to something being accessible. To bring up (a topic). To make accessible to customers or clients. To start (a campaign). To become open. To begin conducting business. To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen. To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker. To reveal one's hand. To load into memory for viewing or editing.
Example sentence: Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.
Public
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Pertaining to the affairs or official affairs of all people, not just those of a private group; contrasted with private.Open to all.Funded by the government.Traded publicly via a stock market.
Example sentence: Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.