Unfold
verb
To open or spread out something that has been folded.
She carefully unfolded the map on the table
Often appears as...
- unfold a map
- unfold a paper
verb
To reveal or explain something gradually.
The story unfolds through a series of flashbacks
Often appears as...
- unfold a story
- unfold a plan
verb
To happen or develop in a particular way.
We watched the drama unfold on live television
Often appears as...
- unfold on television
- unfold in real time
verb
To open or spread out something that has been folded.
She carefully unfolded the map on the table
Often appears as...
- unfold a map
- unfold a paper
verb
To reveal or explain something gradually.
The story unfolds through a series of flashbacks
Often appears as...
- unfold a story
- unfold a plan
verb
To happen or develop in a particular way.
We watched the drama unfold on live television
Often appears as...
- unfold on television
- unfold in real time
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
'Unfold' requires a physical action, often done with hands to open something that was compact.
He unfolded the blanket and laid it on the sand.
Pro Tip 2/3Careful Process
The action of unfolding is usually done carefully to avoid damaging the item, like paper.
Please unfold the origami swan gently to see the design inside.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Clarity
Unfolding makes all parts visible, enabling clear sight of everything, such as instructions.
Unfold the instruction sheet to see all the steps.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
'Unfold' requires a physical action, often done with hands to open something that was compact.
He unfolded the blanket and laid it on the sand.
Pro Tip 2/3Careful Process
The action of unfolding is usually done carefully to avoid damaging the item, like paper.
Please unfold the origami swan gently to see the design inside.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Clarity
Unfolding makes all parts visible, enabling clear sight of everything, such as instructions.
Unfold the instruction sheet to see all the steps.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
'Unfold' requires a physical action, often done with hands to open something that was compact.
He unfolded the blanket and laid it on the sand.
Pro Tip 2/3Careful Process
The action of unfolding is usually done carefully to avoid damaging the item, like paper.
Please unfold the origami swan gently to see the design inside.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Clarity
Unfolding makes all parts visible, enabling clear sight of everything, such as instructions.
Unfold the instruction sheet to see all the steps.
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Your body language may...
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Video examples
Your body language may...
We're going to come back to that in a few minutes, and I'm hoping that if you learn to tweak this a little bit, it could significantly change the way your life unfolds. So, we're really fascinated with body language, and we're particularly interested in other people's body language.
Video examples
Why political...
having said all that what in the world is the way out of it well there are three possible rays of hope that I can offer you tonight that may unfold if we're lucky over the next few years the first is the big demographic change that's going on in this country specifically with regard
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What is déjà vu? What is...
using the same restaurant setting for each. First up is dual processing. We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help, the smell of pasta.
Video examples
Filming the Kung Fu...
we always want to tell the truth about the natural world but obviously the truth is an endless story it unfolds and unfolds and unfolds and so we have to make the cut somewhere and in this case we had captured the predation of the young mounted by an older one
Video examples
Why humans run the world...
like nations, like gods, like money, like corporations. And what is amazing is that as history unfolded, this fictional reality became more and more powerful so that today, the most powerful forces in the world are these fictional entities.
Video examples
Robert Waldinger: What...
We forget vast amounts of what happens to us in life, and sometimes memory is downright creative. But what if we could watch entire lives as they unfold through time? What if we could study people from the time that they were teenagers
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The Doctor Who Can...
they sit themselves down at nine o'clock in a massive fruit tree and spend the whole day stuffing their faces i just get to sit under that and watch all of the little you know kind of soap opera of their day-to-day life unfold
Video examples
Filming Antarctica's...
to get it that was it the invertebrates the smaller animals these micro cosmic worlds have all the dramas of the jungle or the the plains there there are heroes there are dramas unfolding that are just as remarkable the most
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Could These Distant...
you could watch the future of the cosmos slowly unfold
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American Author
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Jason Mraz
American Musician
I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and I can understand my strengths, my weaknesses - I can see where I need to step up a bit.
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Neneh Cherry
Swedish Musician
I have absorbed my life now. I am ready for my music to unfold. I know time flies, but before the end of this year, the album will be out. Even if it kills me.
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Natalya Neidhart
Canadian Athlete
It's hard to know what's going to happen when you're filming a reality show, but if you just let life unfold, that's when the best stories evolve.
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Floor Jansen
Dutch Musician
Unfortunately, life unfolds as it does, and you can't do everything at the same time, and you can't do some things if you can't spend the time.
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Erich Fromm
American Psychologist
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.
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Orlando Bloom
English Actor
Life is going to unfold as it should because life always does.
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American Entertainer
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British Musician
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