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to open something, especially a door that is locked (= fastened with a lock) using a key or an electronic device: I think I left the garage door unlocked. to enter a password or number in order to be able to use a mobile phone: You need to know the secret PIN to unlock your mobile phone upon power up.
to open something, especially a door that is locked (= fastened with a lock) using a key or an electronic device: I think I left the garage door unlocked. to enter a password or number in order to be able to use a mobile phone: You need to know the secret PIN to unlock your mobile phone upon power up.
The meaning of UNLOCK is to unfasten the lock of. How to use unlock in a sentence.
Something that's unlocked isn't latched or secured. You can open an unlocked door and walk right through it. If your front door isn't locked, it's unlocked. Unless you lock it with a key or turn a bolt in the latch, it's going to stay unlocked.
Automatically, as a result of habit, she unlocked her jewel-case and took out a tiny phial containing minute cachets. She was still awake in the morning, when Celestine unlocked the kitchen door and came in to light the fire. Unlocked definition: not locked. See examples of UNLOCKED used in a sentence.
v.tr. 1. a. To undo (a lock) by turning a key or corresponding part. b. To undo the lock of. 2. To give access to; open. 3. To set free; release: The news unlocked a torrent of emotion. 4. To provide a key to; disclose or reveal: unlock a mystery. v.intr. To become unfastened, loosened, or freed from something that restrains.
(ʌnˈlɒkt ) adjective. not locked. all those unlocked cars. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'unlocked' in a sentence. unlocked. These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins, or its parent company HarperCollins.
to open or release by or as if by undoing a lock. to open (anything firmly closed or joined): to unlock the jaws. to lay open; disclose: to unlock the secrets of one's heart. verb (used without object) to become unlocked. unlock. / ʌnˈlɒk / verb. tr to unfasten (a lock, door, etc) tr to open, release, or let loose.
4 meanings: 1. to unfasten (a lock, door, etc) 2. to open, release, or let loose 3. to disclose or provide the key to 4. to.... Click for more definitions.
verb. /ʌnˈlɑk/ Verb Forms. unlock something to undo the lock of a door, window, etc., using a key to unlock the door opposite lock. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.
