Opened
/ˈoʊpənd/
Definitions
- (v.) Past tense and past participle of open; to have begun or made accessible in a legal context.
The court case was opened last Monday.
Forms
- open
- opens
- opening
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Commentary
‘Opened’ is primarily the past tense and past participle of ‘open’ and does not have independent legal definitions apart from the base verb.
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