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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "unlock"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž, āφāύāϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use a key, code, or other method to open a lock or seal, allowing access to something that was secured
Transitive: to unlock an entrance
to unlock definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To access the secured area, he had to unlock the gate with a passcode.
āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϏāϕ⧋āĻĄ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϟ āϖ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž, āφāύāϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to become unfastened or freed from a locked or secured state
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The handcuffs were finally unlocked, granting the suspect freedom after being restrained.
āĻšāĻžāϤāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύāϕ⧇ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž, āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something available, accessible, or open up for use or access
Transitive: to unlock an opportunity or potential
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The online platform unlocked a vast library of resources, providing users with a wealth of knowledge and information.
āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āϞāĻžāχāĻŦā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŋ āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻ“ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
04

āφāύāϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž

to make a cell phone capable of using any carrier network rather than an specific one
Transitive: to unlock a cell phone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The technician unlocked the cell phone, allowing the user to insert a SIM card from any carrier of their choice.
āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āύāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āϏ⧇āϞ āĻĢā§‹āύāϟāĻŋ āφāύāϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ SIM āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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