unfolding

un·fold

 (ŭn-fōld′)

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: unfold a package.

3. To reveal gradually by written or spoken explanation; make known: "He unfolded his tale of woe: the descriptions of poverty and the great distance they had traveled, the abuses they had suffered, the injustice of it all" (Robert Rosenberg).

v.intr.

1.

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

b. To develop or occur as a series of events or stages: "The trial unfolded in an imposing, high-ceilinged courtroom in Westminster Hall" (Adam Hochschild).

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

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un·fold′ment n.

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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"

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unfolding

noun

A progression from a simple form to a more complex one:

development, evolution, evolvement, growth, progress.

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Translations

déroulement