to open

To begin an action, event or process

To start an activity, event, or speech

Begin to work and serve customers, like a shop or theater

To start an event or activity, often officially

To begin a new business or project

To stop something or make it finish

To shut something so it is not open

To finish an event, meeting, or activity

To stop or come to an end

In public and not hidden so other people can see or hear

Make someone understand something they did not know before

A warm, eager welcome

To act while fully aware of possible risks

Acting while fully aware of what could go wrong

To create many unexpected problems that are hard to control

Create a difficult situation with many unexpected problems

Stay half awake and watch for danger while you sleep because you are afraid

A magic word that gives easy access or success

To attack or punish someone suddenly and violently, often for something they did

Watch carefully for danger or a chance

Create new ways to make progress or grow

To show a company's private information to others, often during business talks

Stay alert to hear useful news or information

To not pay attention and miss what is happening around you, for example because you are daydreaming

Waste effort arguing about something everyone already agrees with

To avoid choosing now so other choices remain

To try to make something happen when it is already easy or people already agree

To cause a lot of trouble and anger among people

Make something not closed, for example by removing a lock or cover

Make something available for people to use

Begin to talk honestly about your thoughts and feelings

Begin to work and serve customers, like a shop or theater

Give someone new chances to succeed

Start shooting at people or things with a gun

Leave an option available for later use

Open something like a bottle or box to get what is inside

Unwrap a gift to see what is inside

To open something suddenly by force, for example a locked door or jar

Make your mouth as wide as possible so a doctor or dentist can look inside

To delay a final decision so you can choose later

To keep a chance open for the future

To make a secret suddenly become known

Keep something available while you delay a final decision

To move apart by itself suddenly because of surprise or gravity

Open something so it makes a small sharp sound

To open suddenly, often because of wind or force

To have the mouth or jaw suddenly fall open because of surprise

To create a new browser tab so you can view another web page without leaving the current page

To start suddenly and strongly, like an argument or a strong feeling

Pull a door quickly and hard to open it

Start attacking someone strongly by shooting or with strong words

To be willing to think about new ideas and different views

To start a cricket team's batting as one of the first two batters

Leave a web page open to check it often

Completely open and available with nothing stopping access

Completely open with nothing closed or covering it

Software that has code anyone can read, change, and share

An event when people are invited to visit and feel welcome

Outside in a place that is not covered

A time when an activity is allowed, often for hunting or fishing

A person whose feelings and thoughts are easy to understand

A letter written to one person but published for everyone to read to make people notice a problem

Very clear and easy to decide or solve

An event where people take turns performing music, poetry, or comedy

A large area of land without buildings or trees used for play

Taking place outside and not under a roof

An operation where doctors open the chest to operate on the heart

An agreement to get goods or services now and pay later

A conversation where people share ideas honestly without holding back

A practice of letting people come in and speak freely to leaders

A community where people can speak freely, join groups, and vote

A marriage in which both partners allow each other to have sex with other people

Anyone is welcome to join or take part

Something people try to hide but many already know

A broken bone that sticks out through a cut in the skin

An early election before the main vote where any registered voter can vote for candidates of only one party

A way of letting people talk freely to those in charge

A room with few dividing walls that makes one big space

A market that takes place outdoors where stalls sell food and other goods

A way of allowing foreign companies to trade on the same terms as local companies

Not strictly controlled, so illegal things can happen

A single slice of bread with toppings served without a top slice

A piece of bread with toppings and no top slice

A way to let many countries trade equally with one country, used for China in the late 1800s

A British university that offers part-time online and distance courses for adults, often without usual entry rules

A shirt with the top button undone at the neck

A broken electrical path that stops electric current

A space in a wall where you make an open fire to heat or cook in a room

A workplace where workers do not have to join a union or pay its fees

A common eye disease that slowly reduces side vision when eye fluid cannot drain

Steel that people make by heating iron in a large furnace

A fabric with threads placed far apart so small holes let light and air through

Soldiers standing with wide spaces between ranks so an officer can walk between them for inspection

A simple part on a gun with an open notch for aiming

A company that sells and buys shares directly at their daily price

A large hot oven that makes steel by heating metal on a shallow bed with flames above

A borrowing plan that lets you borrow up to a set limit and use it again as you repay

A vowel sound made with the tongue low in the mouth

An outdoor place where people sell food and crafts

A warm welcome you give by opening your arms to hold someone

A tool with two flat open jaws that grip nuts or bolts

A syllable that ends with a vowel sound and usually has a long vowel

A company that sells and buys back shares any time at a price based on its assets

A set of numbers between two points that does not include the end points

A way of making steel by melting iron and scrap metal in a large open furnace

A chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends do not join to make a ring

A frame in which a player fails to knock down all the pins with two rolls

A type of word that often gets new words, like nouns and verbs

A warm, friendly welcome that makes guests feel wanted