untangle
pronunciation
How to pronounce untangle in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈtæŋɡl]
How to pronounce untangle in American English:
US [ˌʌnˈtæŋɡl]
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- Verb:
- release from entanglement of difficulty
- become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
Word Origin
- untangle (v.)
- 1540s, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + tangle (v.). Related: Untangled; untangling.
Antonym
Example
- 1. More work is needed to untangle the intricate relationship between perfectionism and health .
- 2. Since then the new management has been working hard to untangle the web of investments it inherited .
- 3. However , pwc , administrator for lehman 's european operations , has warned it will likely take months to untangle the bank 's holdings and commitments to a condition where they can begin returning assets .
- 4. Lawmakers are still struggling to untangle how that trio , which called itself the national socialist underground , was able to terrorize minorities from 2000 to 2007 , murdering 10 people , setting off two bombs and robbing 15 banks .
- 5. Another troubling aspect of these deals is how long it takes to untangle them when they go awry .