Open vs Defensive - What's the difference?
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(not comparable) Which is not closed; accessible; unimpeded; as, an open gate.
* 1908, (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows) , Chapter 2
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded.
* Dryden
(not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
(comparable) Receptive.
* Bible, Acts xix. 33
* Shakespeare
(not comparable) Public; as, an open letter, an open declaration.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
* Alexander Pope
* Shakespeare
* Addison
(mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
(mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of , that defines a topological space on .
In current use; mapped to part of memory.
(business) Not fulfilled.
Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
(music, stringed instruments) Without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard.
Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
(phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
(phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
To make something accessible or remove an obstacle to its being accessible.
* , chapter=7
, title= * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=20 To bring up (a topic).
To make accessible to customers or clients.
To start (a campaign).
To become .
* , chapter=1
, title= To begin conducting business.
To enter upon; to begin.
(cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
(poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
(transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
To load into memory for viewing or editing.
To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
(obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
* Francis Bacon
* Bible, Jer. xx. 12
A sports event in which anybody can compete; as, the Australian Open.
(electronics) a wire that is broken midway.
(with the ) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
(with the ) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
Intended for defence; protective.
Intended to deter attack.
Performed so as to minimise risk.
Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism.
(cricket) Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
(sports) Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 2
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Bulgaria 0-3 England
, work=BBC
In a state or posture of defense.
A means, attitude or position of defense.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 26, author=Julia Werdigier, title=Consolidating the Banks of Europe, work=New York Times
, passage=Such kinds of defensives are really rather protecting the local companies than the consumers. }}
As a noun open
is .As an adjective defensive is
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(wikipedia open)Adjective
(en adjective)- The open road, the dusty highway
The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
- an open''' hand; an '''open''' flower; an '''open prospect
- Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight.
- If Demetrius have a matter against any man, the law is open and there are deputies.
- The service that I truly did his life, / Hath left me open to all injuries.
- His thefts are too open .
- That I may find him, and with secret gaze / Or open admiration him behold.
- with aspect open , shall erect his head
- The Moor is of a free and open nature.
- The French are always open , familiar, and talkative.
- an open question
- to keep an offer or opportunity open
- an open winter
- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* (not closed) accessible, unimpededAntonyms
* (accessible) closed, shutDerived terms
(Terms derived from the adjective "open") * break open * clopen * drop open * half-open * keep a weather eye open * keep an eye open * lay open * open-air * open-and-shut * open-armed * open-arse * open bar * open book * open cluster * open-collar * open compound * open content * open design * open-ended * open-eyed * open-face * open-faced * open fireplace * open goal * open-handed/openhanded * open heart surgery * open-hearted * open-hearth * open house * open interest * open letter * open listing * open loop * open marriage * open matte * open mic * open mind * open-mouthed * open outcry * open outsourcing * open-plan * open problem * open proxy * open sandwich * open sea * open season * open secret * open sight * open source * open system * open water * open-work * openable * openside * Open University * wide open * with open armsVerb
(en verb)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}
citation, passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
- to open''' a discussion; to '''open''' fire upon an enemy; to '''open''' trade, or correspondence; to '''open a case in court, or a meeting
- to open a closed fist
- to open matted cotton by separating the fibres
- The king opened himself to some of his council, that he was sorry for the earl's death.
- Unto thee have I opened my cause.
Antonyms
* (to make accessible) close, shutDerived terms
* open a can of whoop ass * open fire * open one's big mouth * open sesame * open shop * open the attack * open the face * open up * reopen *Noun
(en noun)- The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing.
- I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!
- Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open , dodging instead from thicket to thicket.
- We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open .
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Adjective
(en adjective)- a defensive perimeter
- a defensive missile system
- defensive driving
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- (Milton)
Antonyms
* offensiveNoun
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