wide-open
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˈwaɪdˈoʊpən/
:
poco regulado
- The image of Tijuana as a wide-open town quickly took shape.
- wide-open market
Some states are going to be, you know, very, you know, prohibitionist of others are going to be wide open.
- Some states are going to be, you know, very, you know, prohibitionist of others are going to be wide open.
Examples
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If we send this guy to his death, we leave ourselves wide open.
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The Supreme Junta's plans to retake Madrid were in tatters and southern Spain was now wide open to French attack.
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You left yourself wide open.
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You leave yourself wide open for the counter.
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Halfway through the competition now, and this thing is still wide open.
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Another unique issue is our wide open spaces and abandoned buildings.
Blog text (6) -
It's got those wide open spaces, and there's a totally different feel.
Blog text (8) -
New technologies and skills change the profession as it seeks to fit a wide-open global marketplace.
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When I was a child, it was all farm country around there: big wide-open fields and thick hedgerows along the roads.
Academic text (2010) -
The regulations in this area are so lax that it feels like a wide-open system for businesses.
Synonyms
579
1.0
Not decided and still possible to change
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1.0
Not strict and allowing people more freedom
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2.3
Completely open and available with nothing stopping access
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4.9
A place where laws do not control people, causing disorder
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7.3
Free from limits or rules
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4.9
Not controlled by rules or laws
Without walls or edges, things move freely
Antonyms
How Strict
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Morphology
Etymology
Wide-open comes from the parts wide 'large' and open 'not closed'. A helpful way to remember this meaning is to imagine a town with all its doors wide open to everyone, so rules are loose and the place feels 'not controlled'.