No. 1,574 in French
ouvrir
To open.
In a sentence
Il faut ouvrir la porte doucement.
You need to open the door gently.
In this sentence, 'ouvrir' is used in its basic meaning, indicating the physical act of opening something — specifically, a door.
Elle espère ouvrir un nouveau chapitre de sa vie.
She hopes to open a new chapter in her life.
Here, 'ouvrir' is used metaphorically to signify initiating or starting something new, contextually, a phase or chapter of one’s life.
Peux-tu m'aider à ouvrir cette bouteille ?
Can you help me open this bottle?
In this example, 'ouvrir' again denotes the physical act of opening, but applied to an object, namely, a bottle.
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