unfolding

un·fold  (n-fld)

v. un·fold·ed, un·fold·ing, un·folds

v.tr.

1. To open and spread out (something folded); extend.

2. To remove the coverings from; disclose to view.

3. To reveal gradually by written or spoken explanation; make known.

v.intr.

1.

a. To become spread out; open out: Spring flowers unfolded everywhere.

b. To develop, as if by spreading out: A brilliant career unfolded.

2. To be revealed gradually to the understanding: A solution to the problem unfolded as they spoke.

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un·foldment n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

unfolding - a developmental process; "the flowering of antebellum culture" flowering evolution, development - a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"