unfold
IPA: ʌnfˈoʊɫd
noun
- (computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.
verb
- (transitive) To undo a folding.
- (intransitive) To become unfolded.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
- (transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
- (transitive) To release from a fold or pen.
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Examples of "unfold" in Sentences
- It took years for the autocracy to unfold.
- Most of the narrative unfolds in retrospect.
- This is where the rest of the story unfolds.
- The events of the Whiskey Rebellion soon unfold.
- The events of the novel unfold around the 1890s.
- But the real history in most of the cases remains unfold.
- Slowly the girl folded the letter, then unfolded the quilt.
- In this yard, daily and public life of the tenement unfolds.
- Specific details of Monteriano unfold in the course of the novel.
- It is directed at the unfolding of the baptismal grace of all Christians.
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