Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to undo or open a lock:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to undo or open a lock:
give access to something:

Examples

393 sentences

  1. Tom unlocked his car and got in.

    Том відівмкнув машину і сів усередину. — deniko

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  2. Tom asked me to leave the door unlocked.

    Том попрохав мене лишити двері незамкненими. — deniko

    ruТом попросил меня оставить дверь незапертой. — Selena777

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  3. I left it unlocked.

    Я залишив її незачиненою. — shanghainese

    ruЯ оставил его незапертым. — odexed

    deIch ließ es unverschlossen. — Tamy

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Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)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.

    aufschließen, entriegeln

    отпира́тьotpirátʹ, отпере́тьotperétʹ

  2. (transitive)To obtain access to something; to meet the requirements of a security or protection system.

    I unlocked the dictionary article so I could edit it.

    This computer game is shareware, but you can pay for a code to unlock the full version.

    freischalten

  3. (transitive)To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge or potential.

    The discovery of a clue unlocked the mystery.

More meanings 4

  1. (transitive)To configure (a mobile phone) so that it is not bound to any particular carrier.

  2. (intransitive)To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To make available.

  4. (transitive)To undermine something that has control over a situation; to find a way to counter or oppose.

More definitions
  • open the lock of
  • set free or release
  • become unlocked

Origin

From Middle English unloken, unlouken, onlouken, from Old English onlūcan (“to unlock”), e

From Middle English unloken, unlouken, onlouken, from Old English onlūcan (“to unlock”), equivalent to un- + lock. Cognate with Dutch ontluiken (“to unlock”).

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Forms

unlocks, unlocking, unlocked, unlocked

regular · Lesson

Base formunlock · to unlock
3rd person singularunlocks
Present participleunlocking
Past simpleunlocked
Past participleunlocked

Tenses

unlock · unlocked · will unlock · have unlocked

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunlock
he, she, itunlocks

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unlocked
he, she, ithas unlocked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unlock

Past simpleLesson

all personsunlocked

Antonyms

1 antonyms
lock

Word family

4 related words
Derivedachievement unlockedreunlockunlockabilityunlocker

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

11 patterns
  • unlocked the door
  • the door unlocked
  • door unlocked
  • door was unlocked
  • pocket and unlocked
  • his windows unlocked
  • windows unlocked
  • his door unlocked
  • an unlocked window
  • unlocked window
  • already unlocked

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unlikelyB1unlimitedB2unloadB2unluckyB1unmakeunmanunmanageableC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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