unlock

déverrouiller

Ouvrir une serrure, généralement avec une clé, pour pouvoir ouvrir une porte ou un contenant.

En anglais simple : To open a lock, usually with a key, so that a door or container can open.

• Please unlock the door.
• He unlocked the car and got in.
• Can this key unlock the gate?

Comment l'utiliser : unlock something with something (She unlocked the drawer with a small key.)

Contraires : lock

Expressions courantes : unlock the door, unlock a gate, unlock with something

débloquer

Rendre quelque chose accessible en remplissant une condition ou en supprimant une restriction.

En anglais simple : To make something available by meeting a requirement or removing a restriction.

• Use your code to unlock the phone.
• Winning that race unlocked a new car.
• This payment unlocks all the extra features.

Comment l'utiliser : unlock something by doing something (You can unlock the next level by collecting ten stars.)

Synonymes : enable, open up

Contraires : lock

Expressions courantes : unlock your phone, unlock a level, unlock new features

révéler, libérer

Découvrir des informations cachées ou permettre d'utiliser des capacités jusque-là inexploitées.

En anglais simple : To discover hidden information or make previously unused abilities available.

• Practice can unlock your potential.
• The new evidence unlocked the mystery.
• Scientists hope to unlock the secrets of this disease.

Synonymes : reveal, release, uncover

Expressions courantes : unlock potential, unlock a mystery, unlock the secrets