Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To undo (a lock) by turning a key or corresponding part.
- intransitive verb To undo the lock of.
- intransitive verb To give access to; open.
- intransitive verb To set free; release.
- intransitive verb To provide a key to; disclose or reveal.
- intransitive verb To become unfastened, loosened, or freed from something that restrains.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To unfasten, as something which has been locked; open, as what has been shut, closed in, or protected by a lock: as, to
unlock a door or a chest. - To open, in general; lay open.
- To spread out.
- To disclose; reveal; make known.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To unfasten, as what is locked.
- transitive verb To open, in general; to lay open; to undo.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
undo oropen alock or somethinglocked by, for example,turning akey , orselecting acombination . - verb transitive to
give access to something - verb transitive To
disclose orreveal previouslyunknown knowledge . - verb intransitive To be or become
unfastened orunrestrained
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb open the lock of
- verb set free or release
- verb become unlocked
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Examples
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So the 25% public subsidy is necessary to "unlock" - what? private subsidy?
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Instead, whole language is more about learning in context, using many different clues to unlock a word.
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The only way to unlock is to enter a long code so that should put you off.
Farmyard Tales Chickenlady 2007
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The only way to unlock is to enter a long code so that should put you off.
Archive 2007-04-01 Chickenlady 2007
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An Abbott government would suspend fishing no-go areas to 'unlock' oceans A COALITION government would "unlock" Australia's coastal waters by immediately suspending the marine protection area process, Tony Abbott says.
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A five-movement combo-pretty much unguessable, especially if you take into account the lock's reset behavior-takes about a second to unlock, which is pretty swell.
Gizmodo John Herrman 2010
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Thanks to Tonza, his or her solution is a quick, and easy way to get around this problem with the network settings preference, since trhe security update; by going to "security" (2nd last tab in the Personal column of system preferences in tiger) and clicking on the option that says "require password unlock each secure system preference"
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Thanks to Tonza, his or her solution is a quick, and easy way to get around this problem with the network settings preference, since trhe security update; by going to "security" (2nd last tab in the Personal column of system preferences in tiger) and clicking on the option that says "require password unlock each secure system preference"
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Thanks to Tonza, his or her solution is a quick, and easy way to get around this problem with the network settings preference, since trhe security update; by going to "security" (2nd last tab in the Personal column of system preferences in tiger) and clicking on the option that says "require password unlock each secure system preference"
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Thanks to Tonza, his or her solution is a quick, and easy way to get around this problem with the network settings preference, since trhe security update; by going to "security" (2nd last tab in the Personal column of system preferences in tiger) and clicking on the option that says "require password unlock each secure system preference"
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