open
- adjective
- /ˈoʊpən/
- US
- Yet community colleges have an open-door admissions policy that attracts a broad spectrum of students.
- an open shop
Examples
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Management promised physicians an open shop, in which union membership is voluntary and nonjoiners do not pay dues.
Academic text (2001) -
This company has an open policy that allows employees to choose whether or not to join a union.
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As you can see, this is an open office layout.
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They've got an open admissions policy.
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The author claims that an open admission policy for nursing education requires specialized remediation programs.
Academic text (1995) -
Study days and conferences are organized regularly by the CIEHF and are open to non-ergonomists.
Academic text (2015) -
In an open workplace, workers can decide for themselves if they want to participate in union activities.
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The restaurant has an open hiring process that does not require applicants to be union members.
Synonyms
Not part of a trade union
People or workplaces not represented by a group that speaks for workers
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Stay half awake and watch for danger while you sleep because you are afraid
- Offensive
To attack or punish someone suddenly and violently, often for something they did
- Offensive
To show a company's private information to others, often during business talks
- Informal
To not pay attention and miss what is happening around you, for example because you are daydreaming
- Informal
To try to make something happen when it is already easy or people already agree
Compounds
- Literature
A letter written to one person but published for everyone to read to make people notice a problem
- Specialized
An operation where doctors open the chest to operate on the heart
- NSFW
A marriage in which both partners allow each other to have sex with other people
- Literature
An early election before the main vote where any registered voter can vote for candidates of only one party
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
- Specialized
A fabric with threads placed far apart so small holes let light and air through
A way of allowing foreign companies to trade on the same terms as local companies
- Specialized
A common eye disease that slowly reduces side vision when eye fluid cannot drain
- Specialized
A set of numbers between two points that does not include the end points
- Specialized
Soldiers standing with wide spaces between ranks so an officer can walk between them for inspection
- Specialized
A borrowing plan that lets you borrow up to a set limit and use it again as you repay
- Specialized
A company that sells and buys back shares any time at a price based on its assets
- Archaic
A large hot oven that makes steel by heating metal on a shallow bed with flames above
- Archaic
A way of making steel by melting iron and scrap metal in a large open furnace
How Unionized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Open in the phrase 'open shop' comes from the idea 'not closed', meaning workers are free to choose whether to join a union. That is why an open workplace does not require union membership.