What does Unlock mean?

Definitions for Unlock
ʌnˈlɒkun·lock

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Unlock.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unlockverb

    open the lock of

    "unlock the door"

  2. unlockverb

    set free or release

  3. unlockverb

    become unlocked

    "The door unlocked from the inside"

Wiktionary

  1. unlockverb

    To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

    I unlocked the door and walked in

  2. unlockverb

    to give access to something

    I unlocked the dictionary article so it could be edited

  3. unlockverb

    To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.

    The discovery of a clue unlocked the mystery

  4. unlockverb

    To be or become unfastened or unrestrained

    The safe was already unlocked

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Unlockverb

    I have seen her unlock her closet, take forth paper. William Shakespeare.

    She springs a light,
    Unlocks the door, and ent’ring out of breath,
    The dying saw, and instruments of death. Dryden.

    My purse, my person, my extremest means,
    Lie all unlock’d to your occasions. William Shakespeare, Mer. of Venice.

    I had not thought to have unlock’d my lips
    In this unhallow’d air, but that this jugler
    Would think to charm my judgment, as mine eyes,
    Obtruding false rules, pranck’d in reason’s garb. John Milton.

    I yielded, and unlock’d her all my heart,
    Who with a grain of manhood well resolv’d,
    Might easily have shook off all her snares. John Milton.

    Sand is an advantage to cold clays, in that it warms them, and unlocks their binding qualities. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

    A lixivium of quick-lime unlocks the salts that are entangled in the viscid juices of some scorbutick persons. Arbuthnot.

    Thy forests, Windsor! and thy green retreats
    Invite my lays. Be present, sylvan maids!
    Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. unlock

    To unlock means to undo a lock or to open something, such as a door, a drawer or a device, by using a key, a code, a password, or a certain method. It can also refer to the act of making something available or accessible that was previously restricted or inaccessible. Additionally, it can mean gaining an understanding, revealing, or discovering something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unlockverb

    to unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest

  2. Unlockverb

    to open, in general; to lay open; to undo

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unlock

    un-lok′, v.t. to unfasten what is locked: to open.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Unlock in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Unlock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Unlock in a Sentence

  1. Howard Hochhauser:

    These records are also deeply personal for me, because of Arolsen Archives and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, I was able to unlock a story about my own grandmothers experiences as a Holocaust survivor in Germany.

  2. Dan Richard:

    That is the fastest way to unlock the private sector investment, that then helps us build out the rest of the system.

  3. Purvi Raniga:

    There are so many layers of our own personality which are waiting to get unlocked. Sitting quietly in meditation practice everyday helps us to unlock these layers.

  4. Steve Schult:

    LastPass uses what we call your master password, and it’s one password that you should never reuse anywhere, and it allows you to unlock and lock your digital vault, so you don’t have to worry about giving your master password and having it go through the Internet and it getting intercepted somewhere.

  5. Jonathan Brown:

    Investors' response to Deutsche Telekom, which is somewhat a European bellwether, gives us a good sense of what is to come. There is a lot of pipeline that will now unlock.

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