"open-ended" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} open-ended (not comparable)
  1. Unrestricted by definite limits. Tags: not-comparable Translations (unrestricted by definite limits): неограничен (neograničen) (Bulgarian), 開放式 (Chinese Mandarin), 开放式 (kāifàngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), toistaiseksi voimassa oleva (english: contract etc.) (Finnish), avoin (Finnish), vapaa (Finnish), ouvert (French), ergebnisoffen (German), a tempo indeterminato (Italian), abierto (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-open-ended-en-adj-8q9zz3cH Disambiguation of 'unrestricted by definite limits': 96 0 1 2
  2. Adaptable to change. Tags: not-comparable Translations (adaptable to change): открит за промени (otkrit za promeni) (Bulgarian), avoin (Finnish), aperto (Italian), abierto (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-open-ended-en-adj-OaIS-E38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 37 31 27 Disambiguation of 'adaptable to change': 0 97 2 1
  3. Permitting a spontaneous or unstructured response. Tags: not-comparable Translations (permitting unstructured response): 開放式 (Chinese Mandarin), 开放式 (kāifàngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), avoin (Finnish), vapaasti vastattava (Finnish), ouvert (French), aperto (Italian), abierto (Spanish), öppen (Swedish), açık uçlu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-open-ended-en-adj-SUTr7feU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 37 31 27 Disambiguation of 'permitting unstructured response': 5 5 82 8
  4. (poker) Of a straight draw, made up of four consecutive cards, thus able to be completed by either of two ranks of card. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-open-ended-en-adj-rQURp4v5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 37 31 27 Topics: card-games, poker
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: open-ended contract

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          "text": "I'll ask you an open-ended question."
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          "word": "開放式"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neograničen",
      "sense": "unrestricted by definite limits",
      "word": "неограничен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unrestricted by definite limits",
      "word": "開放式"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kāifàngshì",
      "sense": "unrestricted by definite limits",
      "word": "开放式"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "contract etc.",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unrestricted by definite limits",
      "word": "toistaiseksi voimassa oleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unrestricted by definite limits",
      "word": "avoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unrestricted by definite limits",
      "word": "vapaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unrestricted by definite limits",
      "word": "ouvert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unrestricted by definite limits",
      "word": "ergebnisoffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unrestricted by definite limits",
      "word": "a tempo indeterminato"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unrestricted by definite limits",
      "word": "abierto"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkrit za promeni",
      "sense": "adaptable to change",
      "word": "открит за промени"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "adaptable to change",
      "word": "avoin"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "adaptable to change",
      "word": "aperto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "adaptable to change",
      "word": "abierto"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "permitting unstructured response",
      "word": "開放式"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kāifàngshì",
      "sense": "permitting unstructured response",
      "word": "开放式"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "permitting unstructured response",
      "word": "avoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "permitting unstructured response",
      "word": "vapaasti vastattava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "permitting unstructured response",
      "word": "ouvert"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "permitting unstructured response",
      "word": "aperto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "permitting unstructured response",
      "word": "abierto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "permitting unstructured response",
      "word": "öppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "permitting unstructured response",
      "word": "açık uçlu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "open-ended"
}

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