Betekenis van open up In het Nederlands

• 0 to start to talk more about yourself and your feelings:

  • I've never opened up to anyone like I do to you.

• 1 (used as an exclamation) let me in; open the door:

  • "Open up!" Sam shouted, banging on the door.

• 2 to talk about your personal thoughts or feelings:

  • I felt I couldn’t open up to anybody.

• 3 if a new business, office, shop, etc. opens up, or someone opens it up, it starts doing business:

  • Several branches of the bank have recently opened up across China.

  • Many people have opened up shops on the online auction site to sell their things.

• 4 to start business at a particular time and be available to deal with customers:

  • We open up at 7am daily.

• 5 to make conditions easier for foreign companies to do business in a country:

  • These measures are designed to open up the market to greater competition.

  • The country has enjoyed steady growth since it began opening up its economy.

• 6 to create new opportunities:

  • open up opportunities/possibilities The internet has opened up new opportunities for cost-effective brand building.

• 7 if a job opens up, it becomes available:

  • Another vacancy has opened up on the Board.