Meaning

1 senses

  1. (India, US)To begin work or operations.

Examples

22 sentences

  1. Tom opened a shop in Boston.

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  2. Tom has opened a shop in Boston.

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  3. Tom and Mary moved to Boston and opened an antique shop.

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  4. Maybe we could open a little shop next to the campsite.

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  5. Tom and Mary moved to Boston where they opened an antique shop.

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Forms

opens shop, opening shop, opened shop, opened shop
Base formopen shop · to open shop
3rd person singularopens shop
Present participleopening shop
Past simpleopened shop
Past participleopened shop

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyopen shop
he, she, itopens shop

Past simpleLesson

all personsopened shop

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave opened shop
he, she, ithas opened shop

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill open shop

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
opaqueC2openA1openeropeningB1openlyB2
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