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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈfoʊld/ [General-American], /ʌnˈfəʊld/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unfold.wav [Southern-England] Forms: unfolds [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊld Etymology: From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- + fold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unfolden}} Middle English unfolden, {{inh|en|ang|unfealdan|t=to unfold}} Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), {{prefix|en|un|fold}} un- + fold Head templates: {{en-noun}} unfold (plural unfolds)
  1. (computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold. Categories (topical): Computing, Programming
    Sense id: en-unfold-en-noun-zpCXLmSY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 5 2 5 29 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 38 12 10 17 18 6 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈfoʊld/ [General-American], /ʌnˈfəʊld/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unfold.wav [Southern-England] Forms: unfolds [present, singular, third-person], unfolding [participle, present], unfolded [participle, past], unfolded [past]
Rhymes: -əʊld Etymology: From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- + fold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unfolden}} Middle English unfolden, {{inh|en|ang|unfealdan|t=to unfold}} Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), {{prefix|en|un|fold}} un- + fold Head templates: {{en-verb}} unfold (third-person singular simple present unfolds, present participle unfolding, simple past and past participle unfolded)
  1. (transitive) To undo a folding. Tags: transitive Translations (To undo a folding): развивам (razvivam) (Bulgarian), разгъвам (razgǎvam) (Bulgarian), 展開 (Chinese Mandarin), 展开 (zhǎnkāi) (Chinese Mandarin), rozprostřít (english: se) (Czech), folde ud (Danish), openvouwen (Dutch), uitspreiden (Dutch), levittää (Finnish), déplier (French), dérouler (French), estender (Galician), entfalten (German), ausbreiten (German), 広げる (hirogeru) (alt: ひろげる) (Japanese), 펴다 (pyeoda) (Korean), explicō (Latin), māroha (Maori), desdobrar (Portuguese), desfășura (Romanian), развора́чивать (razvoráčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), развёртывать (razvjórtyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разверну́ть (razvernútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), раскла́дывать (raskládyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разложи́ть (razložítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), desplegar (Spanish), vika upp (Swedish), మడత తీయు (maḍata tīyu) (Telugu), మడత విప్పు (maḍata vippu) (Telugu), розгорта́ти (rozhortáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розгорну́ти (rozhornúty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), розклада́ти (rozkladáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розкла́сти (rozklásty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), destirar (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-unfold-en-verb-FWjJ1D01 Disambiguation of 'To undo a folding': 92 1 3 2 2
  2. (intransitive) To become unfolded. Tags: intransitive Translations (To become unfolded): розгорта́тися (rozhortátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розгорну́тися (rozhornútysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-unfold-en-verb-mV5hibEN Disambiguation of 'To become unfolded': 1 93 4 2 0
  3. (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop. Tags: intransitive Translations (To turn out; to happen; to develop): развивам се (razvivam se) (Bulgarian), vyvinout se (Czech), ontvouwen (Dutch), ontwikkelen (Dutch), tapahtua (Finnish), dérouler (French), sich entfalten (German), sich entwickeln (German), desfășura (Romanian), развора́чиваться (razvoráčivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), разверну́ться (razvernútʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), розгорта́тися (rozhortátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розгорну́тися (rozhornútysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-unfold-en-verb-EBUG4h6T Disambiguation of 'To turn out; to happen; to develop': 1 2 95 3 0
  4. (transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to reveal): expose Translations (To reveal): разкривам (razkrivam) (Bulgarian), onthullen (Dutch), paljastaa (Finnish), offenlegen (German), enthüllen (German), avslöja (Swedish), pandar (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-unfold-en-verb-xA0KUxRG Disambiguation of 'to reveal': 3 2 7 87 0 Disambiguation of 'To reveal': 3 2 7 87 0
  5. (transitive) To release from a fold or pen. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unfold-en-verb-gsNXst-0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: uncover, reveal

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        "(transitive) To undo a folding."
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          "word": "展開"
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          "sense": "To undo a folding",
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          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "déplier"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "estender"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "To undo a folding",
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          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "alt": "ひろげる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "広げる"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pyeoda",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "펴다"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "explicō"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "māroha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "desdobrar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "desfășura"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvoráčivatʹ",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "развора́чивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvjórtyvatʹ",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
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          "word": "развёртывать"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
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          "sense": "To undo a folding",
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          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raskládyvatʹ",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
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          ],
          "word": "раскла́дывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razložítʹ",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "разложи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "desplegar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "vika upp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "maḍata tīyu",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "మడత తీయు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "maḍata vippu",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "మడత విప్పు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozhortáty",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "розгорта́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozhornúty",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "розгорну́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozkladáty",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "розклада́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozklásty",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "розкла́сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 1 3 2 2",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "To undo a folding",
          "word": "destirar"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "The curtains unfolded to reveal the stage.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To become unfolded."
      ],
      "id": "en-unfold-en-verb-mV5hibEN",
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          "unfolded",
          "unfolded"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become unfolded."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 4 2 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozhortátysja",
          "sense": "To become unfolded",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "розгорта́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 4 2 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozhornútysja",
          "sense": "To become unfolded",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "розгорну́тися"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Events unfolded in an unexpected way.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 November 8, Scott Tobias, “Memento’s puzzle structure hides big twists and bigger profundities”, in The AV Club",
          "text": "Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To turn out; to happen; to develop."
      ],
      "id": "en-unfold-en-verb-EBUG4h6T",
      "links": [
        [
          "turn out",
          "turn out"
        ],
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "develop",
          "develop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razvivam se",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "word": "развивам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "word": "vyvinout se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "word": "ontvouwen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "word": "ontwikkelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "word": "tapahtua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "word": "dérouler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "word": "sich entfalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "word": "sich entwickeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "word": "desfășura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvoráčivatʹsja",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "развора́чиваться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razvernútʹsja",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разверну́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozhortátysja",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "розгорта́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 95 3 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozhornútysja",
          "sense": "To turn out; to happen; to develop",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "розгорну́тися"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal."
      ],
      "id": "en-unfold-en-verb-xA0KUxRG",
      "links": [
        [
          "lay open",
          "lay open"
        ],
        [
          "reveal",
          "reveal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 87 0",
          "sense": "to reveal",
          "word": "expose"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 87 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razkrivam",
          "sense": "To reveal",
          "word": "разкривам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 87 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To reveal",
          "word": "onthullen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 87 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To reveal",
          "word": "paljastaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 87 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To reveal",
          "word": "offenlegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 87 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To reveal",
          "word": "enthüllen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 87 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To reveal",
          "word": "avslöja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 7 87 0",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "To reveal",
          "word": "pandar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to unfold sheep",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To release from a fold or pen."
      ],
      "id": "en-unfold-en-verb-gsNXst-0",
      "links": [
        [
          "fold",
          "fold"
        ],
        [
          "pen",
          "pen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To release from a fold or pen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈfoʊld/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈfəʊld/",
      "tags": [
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        "3": "unfolden"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English unfolden",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
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        "t": "to unfold"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "fold"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + fold",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- + fold.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "unfolds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "unfold (plural unfolds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing",
        "en:Programming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold."
      ],
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          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "functional programming",
          "functional programming"
        ],
        [
          "higher-order function",
          "higher-order function"
        ],
        [
          "fold",
          "fold"
        ]
      ],
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        "(computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold."
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈfoʊld/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈfəʊld/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊld"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unfold"
}

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