unfold

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to happen or develop over time, like a story or a series of events.

v. to develop or happen gradually; to be revealed as a sequence of events. Often used for narratives or complex situations.

日本語:繰り広げる※

“We watched the news to see how the dramatic events would unfold.”

“As the investigation began to unfold, several inconsistencies in the witness statements became apparent to the detectives.”

C1 · Advanced Literary

v. to explain or show something in detail.

v. to reveal or disclose thoughts, information, or a plan in a progressive manner.

“The director began to unfold his vision for the new film project.”

“In his final speech, the philosopher sought to unfold the complex relationship between ethics and modern technology.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a way in computer programming to create a list of data from a single value.

n. a higher-order function that generates a data structure from a seed value; the dual of a fold operation.

“You can use an unfold to generate a sequence of numbers starting from one.”

“The developer implemented an unfold to lazily generate the infinite sequence of Fibonacci numbers within the stream processing module.”