Unpack
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʌnˈpæk/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unpack is a verb meaning (intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed.
Meaning
(intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed.
More Meanings
- (figurative, transitive) To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
- (linguistics, intransitive, of a segment such as a vowel) To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
- (computing, transitive) To decompress (data).
- (transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
Example Sentences
They didn't have time to unpack before going to dinner.
They didn't have time to unpack their bags before going out to dinner.
There may be another argument here, if we had time to unpack it, about modernism and the rise of the middle classes.
From a gender reveal to a secret ceremony and rifts with other royal family members, there was a lot to unpack from the interview
Word Forms
- unpacks
- unpacking
- unpacked
Antonyms for unpack
Common opposites include pack.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include untie, undo, lose, range, unpackage, depackage.
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