Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one's own.

    открытостьotkrytostʹ

    відвертістьvidvertistʹ

  2. (uncountable, usually)The degree to which a person, group, organization, institution, or society exhibits this liberal attitude or opinion.

  3. (uncountable, usually)Lack of secrecy; candour, transparency.

  4. (uncountable, usually)The degree of accessibility to view, use, and modify in a shared environment with legal rights generally held in common and preventing proprietary restrictions on the right of others to continue viewing, using, modifying and sharing.

  5. (uncountable, usually)The degree to which a system operates with distinct boundaries across which exchange occurs capable of inducing change in the system while maintaining the boundaries themselves.

More definitions
  • characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
  • without obstructions to passage or view
  • willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Lack of openness is a problem.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · eirik174 · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. The lack of openness is problematic.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · LeeSooHa · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. Our relationship thrives on openness and trust.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Nuel · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. My goal is to maintain trust and openness between us.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Nuel · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. Open source is a philosophy that encourages openness, sharing, and modification.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · sam_m · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

4 languages
Українська
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accommodating attitude or opinion:
Русский
By meaning 1
accommodating attitude or opinion:

Origin

From Middle English *opennesse, from Old English openness (“openness, publicity”), equival

From Middle English *opennesse, from Old English openness (“openness, publicity”), equivalent to open + -ness. Cognate with Old High German offannussi (“disclosure, revelation, openness”).

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Forms

plural: opennesses
Singularopenness

uncountable

Synonyms

5 synonyms
accommodating attitude or opinion:open-mindednessapproachability
Close in meaning
  • characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive:nakedness
  • willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas):receptivenessreceptivity

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedopen

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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