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   openness

   /ˈəʊp(ə)nnəs/

   noun

   • 1. lack of restriction; accessibility: "our hallmark was openness to all comers"
   • ▪ acceptance of or receptiveness to change or new ideas: "it is the openness to possibilities that creates great research"
   • 2. lack of secrecy or concealment; frankness: "a democratic society committed to openness and transparency"
   • 3. the quality of not being covered with buildings or trees: "the openness of the Western landscape"
   • 4. (in sport) a style of play characterized by action which is spread out over the field: "fitness levels have evolved to increase the speed and openness of the game"

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   What does openness mean in English?

   • Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English. openness (to something) the quality of being able to think about, accept or listen to different ideas or people He demonstrated an openness to change. the quality of not being limited or covered

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   Do we need openness?

   • If these discussions are to succeed, we'll need openness from/on both sides. Bases of such changes include self-knowledge and self-critique of biases, stereotypes, and prejudices plus the virtues of openness and humility, as previously noted.

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   Does the sense of openness still apply?

   • My other considerations about the sense of openness still apply. Advocates of the system argue that it encourages openness, reduces corruption and increases people's motivation and performance.

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   Is openness related to articulation?

   • And openness was explicitly linked to articulation, inasmuch as one "opened oneself" to the extent that one opened one's mouth. The key advantage of such separation of non-epistemic registration and motivated epistemized selection therefrom is the openness to a continual renewal of adaptation.

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   Openness means honesty or frankness in communication or behaviour. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and see synonyms, collocations and translations.

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     straightforward. the straight and narrow idiom....

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     OPENNESS translate: franqueza, transparencia, trasparencia...

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     OPENNESS translate: ouverture [feminine] d’esprit, franchise...

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word open as an adjective, adverb, and verb. Find synonyms, examples, phrases, and related entries for openness.

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   the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct. type of: spacing, spatial arrangement. the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them. noun. willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas) synonyms: receptiveness, receptivity. see more. see less.

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   openness (to something) the quality of being able to think about, accept or listen to different ideas or people. He demonstrated an openness to change. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. the quality of not being limited or covered. the openness of the landscape.

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   straightforward. the straight and narrow idiom. transparency. upright. See more results » (Definition of openness from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of openness. openness. The country's saving principle, then, is openness to change. From Heritage.org.

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   Openness definition: the quality or state of being relatively free from obstruction or relatively unoccupied. See examples of OPENNESS used in a sentence.

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   Openness means honesty about your thoughts and feelings. Learn how to say openness in different languages, such as Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and more.