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unfold

[ uhn-fohld ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to bring out of a folded state; spread or open out:

    Unfold your arms.

  2. to spread out or lay open to view.
  3. to reveal or display.
  4. to reveal or disclose in words, especially by careful or systematic exposition; set forth; explain.


verb (used without object)

  1. to become unfolded; open.
  2. to develop.
  3. to become clear, apparent, or known:

    The protagonist's character unfolds as the story reaches its climax.

unfold

/ ʌˈəʊ /

verb

  1. to open or spread out or be opened or spread out from a folded state
  2. to reveal or be revealed

    the truth unfolds

  3. to develop or expand or be developed or expanded
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ܲˈڴDZ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ·ڴDZa· adjective
  • ܲ·ڴDZİ noun
  • ܲ·ڴDZmԳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unfold1

before 900; Middle English unfolden, Old English unfealdan; cognate with German entfalten. See un- 2, fold 1
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But what does the film tell us about how the conclave could unfold, and why do people find the process so fascinating?

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County’s juvenile halls — all of which have unfolded under the watchful eye of the California attorney general’s office.

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Here's how an engrossing evening of football unfolded.

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“I started to cry a little bit,” Berger, 71, says by phone, “because here I am, my dreams are slowly unfolding in front of me after all the years of pursuing them.”

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It was a common scene unfolding across Washington throughout Trump’s first days back in power.

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