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
unlockverb
open the lock of
"unlock the door"
unlockverb
set free or release
unlockverb
become unlocked
"The door unlocked from the inside"
Wiktionary
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
unlockverb
to give access to something
I unlocked the dictionary article so it could be edited
unlockverb
To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.
The discovery of a clue unlocked the mystery
unlockverb
To be or become unfastened or unrestrained
The safe was already unlocked
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
Unlockverb
to unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest
Unlockverb
to open, in general; to lay open; to undo
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unlock
un-lok′, v.t. to unfasten what is locked: to open.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Unlock in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Unlock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Unlock in a Sentence
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.
That is the fastest way to unlock the private sector investment, that then helps us build out the rest of the system.
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.
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.
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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- odemknoutCzech
- låse opDanish
- aufschließen, freischalten, entsperren, entriegelnGerman
- desbloquear, desatrancar, abrirSpanish
- avataFinnish
- déverrouillerFrench
- desklefagarIdo
- לפתוחHebrew
- 錠をあける, 鍵をあけるJapanese
- отклучуваMacedonian
- openen, ontgrendelenDutch
- destrancarPortuguese
- отпира́ть, отпере́тьRussian
- låsa uppSwedish
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