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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

throw open en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To open to visitors
    • the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne. September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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throws open Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
threw open Tense=Past lexicographic
thrown open Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
throwing open Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic