open-plan
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- adjective
- /ˈoʊpən plæn/
:
de planta abierta
- They decided to create an open-plan kitchen that allows for easy interaction with guests in the living room.
- an open-plan office
Let's stop this madness of open plan classrooms right now, please.
- Let's stop this madness of open plan classrooms right now, please.
- How much longer that will happen I have no idea since we generally live in an open plan house so it's been quite challenging to say the least.
Examples
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John sits at his desk in the open-plan office.
Fiction book (2001) -
How much longer that will happen I have no idea since we generally live in an open plan house so it's been quite challenging to say the least.
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We have a very open plan living space and if the breakfast bar is messy, it makes the whole room look messy.
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Now, as you can see, sizeable living room, bright open plan.
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The front room, which is at least half of the first floor, I take to be an open-plan great room, kitchen, and eating area.
Blog text (11) -
John walks through the open-plan office.
Fiction book (2001) -
The desk is part of one workstation among several in an open-plan office space surrounded by private offices and meeting rooms.
Academic text (2012) -
Built in 1975, the CCHS Library is quite large, with a three-story open plan connected by ramps.
Academic text (2010) -
In recent decades, workplace environments have increasingly become open-plan offices, with more distractions and the demand for emotional intelligence, flexibility, and adaptability.
Academic text (2015) -
Upstairs, it was a floor of open-plan offices—health finance—and then a floor of consulting rooms.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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A large open room or area with plenty of space
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Etymology
Open-plan joins open ('not closed') and plan ('a design' or 'layout'), so it paints a simple image of a design with few or no internal walls. That's why an open-plan room or building has connected spaces that feel like one large area.