unpack
verb
un·pack ˌən-ˈpak 
unpacked; unpacking; unpacks
transitive verb
1
a
: to remove the contents of
unpack a suitcase
b
: unburden, reveal
must … unpack my heart with words
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: to remove or undo from packing or a container
unpacked his gear
3
: to analyze the nature of by examining in detail : explicate
unpack a concept
4
: decompress sense 2
unpack a compressed file
intransitive verb
: to engage in unpacking a container
unpacker noun
Synonyms
- disburden
- discharge
- disencumber
- off-load
- unburden
- unlade
- unload
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Example Sentences
It's been a year since I moved here and I still haven't unpacked all of my books. I unpacked my suitcase as soon as I arrived home. By the time we got to the hotel, I was too tired to unpack. She's good at unpacking complex concepts.
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Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 3 June 2022 There was a lot to unpack this past first Monday in May. ELLE, 5 May 2022 Delivery trucks that would show up unannounced, leaving boxes piled up in the aisles because there weren’t enough workers to unpack them. New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022 Thursday’s will unpack the Eastman plan to have the states send alternative slates of electors from the five or seven states Trump was disputing, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2022 Gianno Caldwell Podcast host Gianno Caldwell unpack a U.K. effort to test out a 4-day work week. Fox News, 12 June 2022 Jacobs and host Saige Miller also unpack what Utah’s trigger law entails. Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 May 2022 There's a lot to unpack for the upcoming 2022-23 season at ASU after the Coyotes released their full schedule Wednesday. Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2022 There is so much to unpack from the intense season 4 finale. Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 11 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Kids Definition
unpack
verb
un·pack ˌən-ˈpak
unpacked; unpacking
1
: to separate and remove things that are packed
Will you unpack the groceries?
2
: to open and remove the contents of
I unpacked my suitcase.
unpack
verb
as in to unload
to empty or rid of cargo unpacked the car the minute they got back from vacation Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- unload
- evacuate
- unburden
- unlade
- disencumber
- off-load
- discharge
- disburden
- empty
- lighten
- vacate
- relieve
- free
- clear
- void
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pack
- load
- fill
- cram
- stuff
- heap
- charge
- jam
- jam-pack