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unlock
English
Etymology
From Middle English unloken, unlouken, onlouken, from Old English onl?can (“to unlock”), equivalent to un- +? lock. Cognate with Dutch ontluiken (“to unlock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?l?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Verb
unlock (third-person singular simple present unlocks, present participle unlocking, simple past and past participle unlocked)
- (transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
- (transitive) To obtain access to something.
- (transitive) To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.
- (intransitive) To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
- He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.
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Translations
Noun
unlock (plural unlocks)
- The act of unlocking something.
- 1998, Steven Herberts, The Correctional Officer Inside Prisons (page 38)
- Unlike modern, automated prisons, each cell here was locked and unlocked manually with a large skeleton key. The first duty was to get a proper head count of each inmate, insuring each was alive. Once done, an unlock was conducted.
- 2011, Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, Shaz Qadeer, Computer Aided Verification: 23rd International Conference
- The instructions between a lock and an unlock form a critical section.
- 1998, Steven Herberts, The Correctional Officer Inside Prisons (page 38)
References
- “unlock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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unluck
English
Etymology
From un- +? luck.
Noun
unluck (uncountable)
- Absence or lack of luck; lucklessness; bad luck; misfortune.
- 2004, Sonny Brewer, Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe III:
- Truly the unluck had been visited upon him.
- 2010, Suzanne Werner, Snapshots:
- With a look of amusement on your face you ask me if I believe in luck. I fumble around for an answer, but the question stays with me as I venture out into the chill of the afternoon. It's not luck I believe in, but unluck. I have seen unluck in many guises.
- 2004, Sonny Brewer, Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe III:
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