"unpack" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈpæk/ Forms: unpacks [present, singular, third-person], unpacking [participle, present], unpacked [participle, past], unpacked [past]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: From Middle English unpakken, equivalent to un- + pack. Compare Saterland Frisian uutpakje (“to unpack”), West Frisian útpakke (“to unpack”), Dutch uitpakken (“to unpack”), German auspacken (“to unpack”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unpakken}} Middle English unpakken, {{af|en|un-|pack|id1=reversive}} un- + pack, {{cog|stq|uutpakje|t=to unpack}} Saterland Frisian uutpakje (“to unpack”), {{cog|fy|útpakke|t=to unpack}} West Frisian útpakke (“to unpack”), {{cog|nl|uitpakken|t=to unpack}} Dutch uitpakken (“to unpack”), {{cog|de|auspacken|t=to unpack}} German auspacken (“to unpack”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} unpack (third-person singular simple present unpacks, present participle unpacking, simple past and past participle unpacked)
  1. (transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack. Tags: transitive Translations (to remove from a package): разопаковам (razopakovam) (Bulgarian), 拆開 (Chinese Mandarin), 拆开 (chāikāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 解開 (Chinese Mandarin), 解开 (jiěkāi) (Chinese Mandarin), vybalit (Czech), rozbalit (Czech), purkaa (Finnish), déballer (French), entpacken (German), auspacken (German), kicsomagol (Hungarian), díphacáil (Irish), folmhaigh (Irish), sballare (Italian), disimballare (Italian), 解く (hodoku) (alt: ほどく) (Japanese), pakke opp (Norwegian), pakke ut (Norwegian), rozpakowywać [imperfective] (Polish), rozpakować [perfective] (Polish), desempacotar (Portuguese), распако́вывать (raspakóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), распакова́ть (raspakovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), desempacar [Latin-America] (Spanish), deshacer (english: suitcase) [Spain] (Spanish), desempaquetar (english: package, box) [Spain] (Spanish), boşaltmak (Turkish), dadbacio (Welsh)
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  2. (intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-unpack-en-verb-mUwuEPwm Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 15 11 9 31
  3. (figurative, transitive) To analyze a concept or a text; to explain. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-unpack-en-verb-en:analyze Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 15 11 9 31
  4. (linguistics, intransitive, of a segment such as a vowel) To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-unpack-en-verb-1aW4o1jX Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. (computing, transitive) To unzip, decompress. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-unpack-en-verb-fshxRxz8 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 15 11 9 31 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack."
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          "sense": "to remove from a package",
          "word": "déballer"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to remove from a package",
          "word": "entpacken"
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        {
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          "sense": "to remove from a package",
          "word": "auspacken"
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          "sense": "to remove from a package",
          "word": "kicsomagol"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "to remove from a package",
          "word": "díphacáil"
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          "word": "folmhaigh"
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          "word": "sballare"
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          "alt": "ほどく",
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          "roman": "hodoku",
          "sense": "to remove from a package",
          "word": "解く"
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          "word": "pakke opp"
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          "word": "pakke ut"
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          "word": "распако́вывать"
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          "english": "suitcase",
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          "ref": "2019 October 17, Steven Rattner, “Unpacking the Trade Deficit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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          "ref": "2021 March 8, Helen Sullivan, “Meghan and Harry: 12 things we learned from the Oprah special”, in The Guardian:",
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
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      "word": "拆开"
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      "word": "解開"
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "解开"
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "vybalit"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "rozbalit"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "purkaa"
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "déballer"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "entpacken"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "auspacken"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "kicsomagol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "díphacáil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "folmhaigh"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "sballare"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "disimballare"
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    {
      "alt": "ほどく",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "hodoku",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "解く"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "pakke opp"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "pakke ut"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "desempacotar"
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
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      "word": "распако́вывать"
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      "roman": "raspakovátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove from a package",
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      "word": "распакова́ть"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
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      "code": "es",
      "english": "suitcase",
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
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      "code": "es",
      "english": "package, box",
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
      "word": "boşaltmak"
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      "sense": "to remove from a package",
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}

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