unlock

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒk

Verb

unlock (third-person singular simple present unlocks, present participle unlocking, simple past and past participle unlocked)

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

2. (transitive) to give access to something

   I unlocked the dictionary article so it could be edited

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

   The discovery of a clue unlocked the mystery

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

   The safe was already unlocked

Translations

to undo or open a lock

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開鎖 (cmn), 开锁 (cmn) (kāisuǒ)

• Czech: odemknout (cs)
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: avata (fi)
• French: déverrouiller (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: aufschließen (de), entriegeln (de)

• Japanese: 錠をあける (ja) (じょうをあける, jō o akeru), 鍵をあける (ja) (かぎをあける, kagi o akeru)
• Macedonian: отклучува (mk) (otklúčuva)
• Portuguese: destrancar (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: отпира́ть (ru) (otpirátʹ) impf., отпере́ть (ru) (otperétʹ) pf.
• Spanish: abrir (es), abrir con llave (es), desatrancar (es), desbloquear (es)
• Swedish: låsa upp (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

give access to something

• German: freischalten (de), entsperren (de)

• Spanish: desbloquear (es)