unlocked; unlocking; unlocks
1
: to unfasten the lock of : open the lock on
Can you unlock the car for me?
3
: to free from restraints or restrictions
The shock unlocked a flood of tears.
4
: to furnish a key to : disclose
cracked the code to unlock the message
: to become unfastened or freed from restraints
Examples of unlock in a Sentence
Could you unlock the door for me?
geneticists unlocking the secrets of DNA
The material's potential was unlocked only through extensive testing.
How can I unlock my computer if I've forgotten the password?
This class will unlock your creativity.
Recent Examples on the Web
Players can unlock Almudron, Viper Tobi-Kadachi and Seregios by completing a questline.
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Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Barnett’s Bruin, in turn, unlocks those desires — Wills stages a haunting and sexy moment where Bruin does tai chi with a toy sword of power that’s probably thematically richer than anything in the He-Man film that’s coming out this week.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 June 2026
Liam, too little to unlock the door, thinks of something clever to let the emergency crew inside the house.
—Janay Reece, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Pension funds belong to a diverse mix of $4 trillion in reserve funds that African governments could unlock to finance the continent’s infrastructure needs, according to the Africa Finance Corporation, a multilateral lender.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
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Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Barnett’s Bruin, in turn, unlocks those desires — Wills stages a haunting and sexy moment where Bruin does tai chi with a toy sword of power that’s probably thematically richer than anything in the He-Man film that’s coming out this week.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 June 2026
Liam, too little to unlock the door, thinks of something clever to let the emergency crew inside the house.
—Janay Reece, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Pension funds belong to a diverse mix of $4 trillion in reserve funds that African governments could unlock to finance the continent’s infrastructure needs, according to the Africa Finance Corporation, a multilateral lender.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unlock
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“Unlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unlock. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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