open letter
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- noun
- /ˈoʊpən ˈlɛtər/
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- Jason Catlett, president of the privacy group Junkbusters, derided the new privacy policy in an open letter to DoubleClick's CEO, Kevin Ryan.
- open letter published
- wrote an open letter
- sent an open letter
You kind of famously published an open letter to Ray Dalio, the Super investor.
- You kind of famously published an open letter to Ray Dalio, the Super investor.
- Weeks later, many of you may recall that James Baldwin wrote an open letter to my sister Angela Davis.
- The entire board of the FX Foundation resigned and wrote an open letter once the indictments came for Sam.
- Speaking of cults, when I wrote when I wrote my open letter, why I'm leaving the cult of wokeness I.
- So you've mentioned to me that there's an open letter that you're working on.
Examples
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In an open letter, they accused the bishop of a deliberate isolation policy.
Academic text (1990) -
AIBS, ESA issue open letter on the importance of science collections.
Academic text (2010) -
So that was the context for my open letter and what happened to the student.
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We are going to print an open letter... saying that some mistakes were made.
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The views expressed in the open letter actually reflect a considerable body of opinion inside the Fed itself.
Academic text (2011) -
To mark the occasion, he sent an open letter to all of the employees, thanking them for their efforts.
Academic text (1997) -
Weeks later, many of you may recall that James Baldwin wrote an open letter to my sister Angela Davis.
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Thousands of experts, including Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, have signed an open letter calling for a ban on the weapons.
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In April, HBGary published an open letter on its website, distancing the company from Barr.
Academic text (2011) -
The community leaders published an open letter urging the city council to take action on climate change.
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Morphology
The adjective 'open' can convey 'public' or 'candid', so a learner who knows both words can likely infer that an 'open letter' is a letter made public rather than private. However, the conventional pragmatic detail — that it is often addressed to a particular person but intended for public readership — is a discourse-level convention not fully predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Open letter comes from the image of a letter left open where many people can read it, for example printed in a newspaper or posted in public. That's why an open letter is a letter sent to a person but shared with the public to get attention or protest.