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open its doors

open its doors verb: to begin operating.

Verb

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

  1. To begin operating.
    • Gay and Lesbian Health (GLH), which opened its doors in August as an outpatient mental health and substance abuse counseling agency specializing in substance abuse among lesbians and gay men, announced April 4 that the facility had closed, effective March 31.1989 April 15, Judy Harris, “Lesbian and Gay Health Closes”, in Gay Community News, page 3
  2. To allow or invite outside influence, investment or immigration.
    • China opened its doors in the 1970s.

Antonyms of open its doors

  • close its doors

Forms of open its doors

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

Questions about open its doors

What does open its doors mean?
Open its doors means to begin operating.
What part of speech is open its doors?
Open its doors is a verb.
What is the past tense of open its doors?
The past tense of open its doors is opened its doors.

Words near open its doors in the dictionary

  1. open interval
  2. open intervals
  3. open invitation
  4. open invitations
  5. open it up
  6. open its doors
  7. open jaw
  8. open jaws
  9. open justice
  10. open letter
  11. open letters

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