unlock
pronunciation
How to pronounce unlock in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈlɒk]
How to pronounce unlock in American English:
US [ˌʌnˈlɑk]
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- Verb:
- open the lock of
- set free or release
- become unlocked
Word Origin
- unlock (v.)
- c. 1400, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + lock (v.). Figurative sense is attested from 1530s. Old English had unlucan "to unlock, open." Related: Unlocked; unlocking.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Unlock all levels to gain the ultimate prize !
- 2. Most important , the new decommissioning contracts should unlock billions of pounds for investment in new and existing fields .
- 3. Unfortunately , the officials whose job it is to unlock them are not wholly reliable .
- 4. A new twist on transmission electron microscopy ( tem ) could enable the technique to unlock even more secrets on the nanoscale .
- 5. The us treasury has been at the forefront of the crisis , but any leadership taken was not properly communicated . The result is , again , that policies have mostly been expensive but have failed to unlock credit markets .