Directed and Open

Directed

Directed adjective - (often used in combination) having a specified direction.
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Open and directed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Open" instead an adjective "Directed".

Open

Open adjective - Allowing passage without obstruction.

Directed and open are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Directed" instead an adjective "Open".

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Unforgiven This movie and Eastwood's first directed western High Plains Drifter open and close their movies with the same location, camera angle and time of day.
  • He finds a place where he is given three oranges — or citrons, or other fruit — and directed not to break them open until he has some water.
  • A more open aperture lets in more light, but since it's less directed the wider the hole gets, the picture overall gets fuzzier.
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Open and Directed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/directed/open
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Open or Directed. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/directed/open.
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