Definitions for unscrambleʌnˈskræm bəl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•scram•bleʌnˈskræm bəl(v.t.)-bled, -bling.

  1. to bring out of a scrambled condition.

  2. to make (a scrambled radio or telephonic message) comprehensible.

    Category: Radio and Television, Telegraphy and Telephony

Origin of unscramble:

1915–20

un•scram′bler(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unscramble(verb)

    make intelligible

    "Can you unscramble the message?"

  2. unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick(verb)

    become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

    "unravel the thread"

Wiktionary

  1. unscramble(Verb)

    To reverse the process of scrambling, decrypt.

  2. unscramble(Verb)

    To put into order or restore to order.

  3. Origin: un- + scramble


Translations for unscramble

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

unscramble(verb)

to decode (a message) or make clear the words of (a telephone message).

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