have an open mind

have an open mind
to be mentally flexible, to be ready and able to receive, process and (if necessary) adapt to new or opposing ideas or views (open-minded)

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  • have an open mind — have/keep an open mind to wait until you know all the facts before forming an opinion or making a judgement. Mike might not be guilty you should keep an open mind until after his case is heard in court. I like to keep an open mind about what… …   New idioms dictionary

  • have an open mind — have/keep/an open mind phrase to be willing to listen to other people’s opinions about someone or something I told the committee that I had an open mind on the matter. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone who is open mindedsynonym someone… …   Useful english dictionary

  • have an open mind — have/keep an open mind ► to wait until you know all the facts before forming an opinion or making a decision about something: »The judge urged the jury to keep an open mind until they had heard all the evidence. Main Entry: ↑open …   Financial and business terms

  • have an open mind (about something) — have/keep an ˌopen ˈmind (about/on sth) idiom to be willing to listen to or accept new ideas or suggestions Main entry: ↑openidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • have an open mind (on something) — have/keep an ˌopen ˈmind (about/on sth) idiom to be willing to listen to or accept new ideas or suggestions Main entry: ↑openidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • Open Mind Common Sense — (OMCS) is an artificial intelligence project based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab whose goal is to build and utilize a large commonsense knowledge base from the contributions of many thousands of people across the… …   Wikipedia

  • have/keep an open mind — ► to wait until you know all the facts before forming an opinion or making a decision about something: »The judge urged the jury to keep an open mind until they had heard all the evidence. Main Entry: ↑open …   Financial and business terms

  • Open Mind Productions — was founded in 1989 by Roland Tongue, who was previously a film editor at the BBC, and Chris Ellis, who was previously a teacher and script writer at Children s BBC. They have produced some 500 programmes for children and educational TV,… …   Wikipedia

  • keep an open mind — have/keep an open mind to wait until you know all the facts before forming an opinion or making a judgement. Mike might not be guilty you should keep an open mind until after his case is heard in court. I like to keep an open mind about what… …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep an open mind — have/keep/an open mind phrase to be willing to listen to other people’s opinions about someone or something I told the committee that I had an open mind on the matter. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone who is open mindedsynonym someone… …   Useful english dictionary

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