noun · neutral
openness
UK/ˈəʊpənnəs/US/ˈoʊpənnəs/OP·en·ness
willingness to share ideas or information and to accept new things
Examples
“The team's openness to feedback improved the final project.”
“Openness in communication helps avoid misunderstandings at work.”
“Students appreciated the teacher's openness about exam expectations.”
Band 8 sentence
“The organization's openness to stakeholder feedback played a key role in refining its policies.”
Collocations
- openness to (ideas/change)
- culture of openness
- show openness
Word family
Common mistakes
They are very open about problems.→They are very open about the problems.
The open of the company helped them improve.→The openness of the company helped them improve.
openess→openness
Say it for a higher band
5being open→6frankness→7+openness
Synonyms
transparency
frankness
Easily confused
open-mindedness
“Her open-mindedness made the discussion productive.”
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