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open doors

open doors is the plural of open door.

Meaning of open door

Noun

open door (plural open doors)

  1. An unrestricted means of admission or access.
  2. The policy of admitting people or goods from foreign countries, on equal terms, into a host country.

See all 3 meanings of open door

Verb

open doors (third-person singular simple present opens doors, present participle opening doors, simple past and past participle opened doors)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To lead to opportunities or social advantages.
    • The training that opens doors for you that men from electrical trade schools can never pass.1926 September, Popular Mechanics, volume 46, number 3

Forms of open doors

third-person singular presentopens doors
present participleopening doors
past participleopened doors
pastopened doors

Questions about open doors

What does open doors mean?
Open doors means to lead to opportunities or social advantages.
What is open doors the plural of?
Open doors is the plural of open door.
What part of speech is open doors?
Open doors is a verb.
What is the past tense of open doors?
The past tense of open doors is opened doors.

Words near open doors in the dictionary

  1. open differential
  2. open differentials
  3. open door
  4. open door policies
  5. open door policy
  6. open doors
  7. open e
  8. open ended straight draw
  9. open ended straight draws
  10. open enrollment
  11. open enrollments

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