Collocations for open - verb
1. door, window, box, etc.
ADVERB
fully,
wide
She opened all the windows wide to let some fresh air in.
She opened all the windows wide to let some fresh air in.
gingerly
Fred opened the box gingerly and peered inside.
Fred opened the box gingerly and peered inside.
quickly,
suddenly
slowly
automatically
The glass doors opened automatically for him.
slowly
automatically
The glass doors opened automatically for him.
out,
up
I opened out the map and laid it on the table.
‘Open up!’ He shouted, hammering on the door.
I opened out the map and laid it on the table.
‘Open up!’ He shouted, hammering on the door.
2. building, road, etc.
VERB + open
be due to,
be expected to,
be scheduled to
The museum is due to open next year.
The museum is due to open next year.
hope to,
intend to,
plan to,
want to,
wish to
PHRASES
newly opened,
recently opened
the newly opened gallery of Western decorative art
the newly opened gallery of Western decorative art
Open is used with these nouns as the subject:
bud, chasm, conference, curtain, decade, divide, door, elevator, exhibit, exhibition, eye, factory, festival, film, gallery, gate, gulf, hearing, index, inquest, key, market, meeting, mouth, movie, museum, parachute, poll, restaurant, session, shop, sky, stock exchange, store, story, talk, trading, trial, window, work
bud, chasm, conference, curtain, decade, divide, door, elevator, exhibit, exhibition, eye, factory, festival, film, gallery, gate, gulf, hearing, index, inquest, key, market, meeting, mouth, movie, museum, parachute, poll, restaurant, session, shop, sky, stock exchange, store, story, talk, trading, trial, window, work
Open is used with these nouns as the object:
account, airspace, archive, arm, artery, attachment, avenue, backpack, bag, beak, blind, bonnet, book, boot, border, bottle, boutique, bowel, bowling, box, branch, briefcase, can, carton, cash register, channel, chasm, closet, coconut, congress, conversation, cover, crate, cupboard, curtain, debate, dialogue, discussion, document, door, drape, drawer, email, embassy, enquiry, envelope, evening, exhibition, eye, eyelid, facility, factory, faucet, festival, file, fire, flap, flask, frontier, gate, gift, hatch, headquarters, hearing, heart, hood, inquest, institute, jar, jaw, lead, letter, lid, lock, loophole, mail, meeting, menu, mind, mouth, museum, negotiation, newspaper, office, package, packet, palm, parachute, parcel, phase, pocketbook, pore, post, practice, present, purse, railway, refrigerator, refuge, restaurant, rucksack, safe, season, shade, shop, showroom, shutter, soda, station, store, subsidiary, suitcase, talk, thread, trunk, umbrella, valve, vault, vein, vent, wallet, wardrobe, window, wing, work, zip
account, airspace, archive, arm, artery, attachment, avenue, backpack, bag, beak, blind, bonnet, book, boot, border, bottle, boutique, bowel, bowling, box, branch, briefcase, can, carton, cash register, channel, chasm, closet, coconut, congress, conversation, cover, crate, cupboard, curtain, debate, dialogue, discussion, document, door, drape, drawer, email, embassy, enquiry, envelope, evening, exhibition, eye, eyelid, facility, factory, faucet, festival, file, fire, flap, flask, frontier, gate, gift, hatch, headquarters, hearing, heart, hood, inquest, institute, jar, jaw, lead, letter, lid, lock, loophole, mail, meeting, menu, mind, mouth, museum, negotiation, newspaper, office, package, packet, palm, parachute, parcel, phase, pocketbook, pore, post, practice, present, purse, railway, refrigerator, refuge, restaurant, rucksack, safe, season, shade, shop, showroom, shutter, soda, station, store, subsidiary, suitcase, talk, thread, trunk, umbrella, valve, vault, vein, vent, wallet, wardrobe, window, wing, work, zip