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OPEN-ENDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does open-ended mean? 

OPEN-ENDED (adjective)
  The adjective OPEN-ENDED has 3 senses:

1. without fixed limits or restrictionsplay

2. allowing for a spontaneous responseplay

3. allowing for future changes or revisionsplay

  Familiarity information: OPEN-ENDED used as an adjective is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


OPEN-ENDED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Without fixed limits or restrictions

Context example:

an open-ended discussion

Similar:

unrestricted (not subject to or subjected to restriction)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Allowing for a spontaneous response

Context example:

an open-ended question

Similar:

indeterminate; undetermined (not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Allowing for future changes or revisions

Context example:

open-ended agreements

Similar:

changeable; changeful (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change)


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