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unfold
[ uhn-fohld ]
verb (used with object)
- to bring out of a folded state; spread or open out:
Unfold your arms.
- to spread out or lay open to view.
- to reveal or display.
- to reveal or disclose in words, especially by careful or systematic exposition; set forth; explain.
verb (used without object)
- to become unfolded; open.
- to develop.
- to become clear, apparent, or known:
The protagonist's character unfolds as the story reaches its climax.
unfold
/ ʌˈəʊ /
verb
- to open or spread out or be opened or spread out from a folded state
- to reveal or be revealed
the truth unfolds
- to develop or expand or be developed or expanded
Derived Forms
- ܲˈڴDZ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·ڴDZa· adjective
- ܲ·ڴDZİ noun
- ܲ·ڴDZmԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The actions are part of mass visa cancellations that appear to have unfolded at campuses across the country on Friday and caught school administrators by surprise.
The tragicomic hallucination that you see unfolding every day, wherein ostensible adults discuss secret war plans in hackable social media texts replete with emojis, exclamation points and lols, is what the American people freely chose.
I had a front-row seat to the unfolding snitch scandal through the cartoons I commissioned and the stories I edited for OC Weekly.
Economy Minister Archibald said she would "meet with businesses and trade unions to assess the unfolding situation, and the next steps".
The market’s recent poor performance, moreover, may have something to do with a deflation of the artificial intelligence investment bubble of recent years, which may have further to unfold.
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