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open-book

open-book adjective: designating exams in which specified external resources, potentially including textbooks, glossaries, study notes, calculators, etc. may be used.

Adjective

open-book (not comparable)

  1. Designating exams in which specified external resources, potentially including textbooks, glossaries, study notes, calculators, etc. may be used.

Antonyms of open-book

Forms of open-book

alternative formopen book

Phrases with open-book

Questions about open-book

What does open-book mean?
Open-book means designating exams in which specified external resources, potentially including textbooks, glossaries, study notes, calculators, etc. may be used.
What part of speech is open-book?
Open-book is an adjective.

Words near open-book in the dictionary

  1. open-and-shut
  2. open-armed
  3. open-arse
  4. open-arses
  5. open-back
  6. open-book
  7. open-book contract
  8. open-book contracts
  9. open-breasted
  10. open-carried
  11. open-carries

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