unlock

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'ouvrir une serrure ou de libérer un mécanisme, ou au sens figuré, d'obtenir l'accès à quelque chose qui était auparavant inaccessible.

A verb used to indicate the act of opening a lock or releasing a mechanism, or metaphorically gaining access to something previously inaccessible.

1. Open the lock ofA2formal

   To open a lock, typically with a key or a code, to gain access to something.

   ouvrir (en déverrouillant)

   • She unlocked the door with her key.
   • He unlocked the safe to retrieve the documents.
   • Please unlock the gate before the guests arrive.

   Synonymesopenreleaseunbarunboltunfastenunseal

   Antonymeslock

2. Set free or releaseB2formal

   To release something or someone from a constraint, restriction, or confinement.

   libérer

   • The therapy helped unlock her hidden potential.
   • The new policy aims to unlock economic growth.
   • He unlocked the chains that bound the prisoner.

   Synonymesfreelet looseliberatereleaseset freeunbind

   Antonymesconfineimprisonlock

3. Become unlockedB1informal

   To become open or accessible, often automatically or as a result of an action.

   se déverrouiller

   • The phone screen unlocks when you press the button.
   • The door unlocked with a click as the key turned.
   • The app unlocks new features after you complete the tutorial.

   Synonymesopenunboltunfasten

   Antonymescloselockshut