in the open

prepositional phrase

Outdoors.

“I find I can breathe more easily when I'm out in the open.”

Opposite
under coverundercover
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Outdoors.

    I find I can breathe more easily when I'm out in the open.

    1 more example

    These locomotives have been stored under cover at places as far apart as Arbroath and Crianlarich, but at present seven of them, four from Haymarket and three from Eastfield, are standing in the open at Longniddry.

    1958 May 28, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: Scottish Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 363
  2. Easily visible; out of shelter or concealment.

    I got a clear photo of them when they finally came out in the open.

    Antonyms: under cover, undercover

  3. Known to various people.

    Now that everyone knows, I'm glad it's finally out in the open.

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseEasily visible; out of shelter or concealment.

Opposite
under coverundercover

Translations

Catalan a la serena
  • a la serenaoutdoors
Chinese Mandarin 在戶外 /在户外, 公開露面 /公开露面
  • 在戶外 /在户外 (zài hùwài)outdoors
  • 公開露面 /公开露面 (gōngkāi lòumiàn)easily visible
  • 公開 /公开 (gōngkāi)known to various people
Dutch in de open lucht, onder de blote hemel
  • in de open luchtoutdoors
  • onder de blote hemeloutdoors
Finnish ulkona, ulkoilmassa
  • ulkonaoutdoors
  • ulkoilmassaoutdoors
  • näkyvissäeasily visible
  • näkyviineasily visible
  • avoinknown to various people
  • julkinenknown to various people
French au grand air, à la belle étoile
  • au grand airoutdoors
  • à la belle étoileoutdoors
  • à découverteasily visible
  • au grand jourknown to various people
German unter freiem Himmel
  • unter freiem Himmeloutdoors
Hungarian szabadban
  • szabadbanoutdoors
Icelandic á berangri
  • á berangrioutdoors
Irish faoin spéir
  • faoin spéiroutdoors
Italian all'aperto, all'aria aperta
  • all'apertooutdoors
  • all'aria apertaoutdoors
  • a cielo apertooutdoors
Polish pod gołym niebem, na dworze
  • pod gołym niebemoutdoors
  • na dworzeoutdoors
  • jawnieeasily visible
  • otwarcieeasily visible
  • jawnieknown to various people
  • otwarcieknown to various people
Russian на приро́де, на откры́том во́здухе
  • на приро́де (na priróde)outdoors
  • на откры́том во́здухе (na otkrýtom vózduxe)outdoors
Spanish a la intemperie, al raso
  • a la intemperieoutdoors
  • al rasooutdoors
  • a la rasaoutdoors
  • a campo rasooutdoors
  • al descubiertoeasily visible
Ukrainian про́сто не́ба
  • про́сто не́ба (prósto néba)outdoors
Welsh yn yr awyr agored
  • yn yr awyr agoredoutdoors
Cite this entry
APA

in the open. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20open

MLA

“in the open.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20open. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the open,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20open.

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