Wide open

adjective

Word Frequency: 3.2

Definitions

1.adjectiveCompletely open

"The front door was wide open."

2.adjectiveHaving no laws or law enforcement

"It was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came."

3.adjectiveUnsettled or unresolved

"The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open."

4.adjectiveVulnerable or unprotected

"He left himself wide open to criticism."

5.adjectiveWithout the presence of opponents nearby

"He was wide open and scored easily after receiving the pass."

6.adjectiveOf the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bid and ask prices

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