Unfolding — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a developmental process

develop or come to a promising stage

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʌnfˈoʊldɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/ʌnfˈəʊldɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʌnfˈəʊldɪŋ/

3 syllables Say it as /ʌnfˈoʊldɪŋ/.

Examples

the flowering of antebellum culture
Youth blossomed into maturity
A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

extend flowering blossom out stretch stretch out unfold open spread spread out blossom blossom forth

Antonyms

fold

Parts of Speech

noun	a developmental process “the flowering of antebellum culture”
verb	develop or come to a promising stage “Youth blossomed into maturity”
verb	open to the view “A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings”
verb	extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length “Unfold the newspaper”
verb	spread out or open from a closed or folded state “open the map”

Word Forms

unfold	verb	develop or come to a promising stage
blossom	noun	the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
unfolding	noun	a developmental process
extensible	adjective	capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out
opening	noun	becoming open or being made open

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Entfaltung

ein Entwicklungsprozess

🇫🇷French

déploiement

un processus de développement

🇪🇸Spanish

despliegue

un proceso de desarrollo

🇮🇹Italian

svolgersi

un processo di sviluppo

🇳🇱Dutch

ontvouwen

een ontwikkelingsproces

🇵🇹Portuguese

desdobrando

um processo de desenvolvimento

🇷🇺Russian

разворачивается

процесс развития

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खुलासा

एक विकासात्मक प्रक्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

উদ্ঘাটন

একটি উন্নয়নমূলক প্রক্রিয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

விரிவடைகிறது

ஒரு வளர்ச்சி செயல்முறை

🇮🇳Telugu

విప్పుట

ఒక అభివృద్ధి ప్రక్రియ

🇮🇳Marathi

उलगडणे

एक विकास प्रक्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રગટ કરવું

વિકાસની પ્રક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಯಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ

ಒಂದು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിരിയുന്നു

ഒരു വികസന പ്രക്രിയ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਜਾਗਰ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

کھلنا

ایک ترقیاتی عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

展开

一个发展过程

🇯🇵Japanese

展開する

発達の過程

🇰🇷Korean

펼쳐지는

발달 과정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bộc lộ

một quá trình phát triển

🇹🇭Thai

แฉ

กระบวนการพัฒนา

🇮🇩Indonesian

sedang berlangsung

sebuah proses perkembangan

🇵🇭Filipino

paglalahad

isang proseso ng pag-unlad

🇲🇾Malay

terbentang

satu proses perkembangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تتكشف

عملية تنموية

🇮🇷Persian

آشکار می شود

یک فرآیند توسعه

🇹🇷Turkish

ortaya çıkıyor

gelişimsel bir süreç

🇮🇱Hebrew

הִתגַלגְלוּת

תהליך התפתחותי

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