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untangling

UK
/ʌnˈtæŋɡlɪŋ/
US
/ʌnˈtæŋɡlɪŋ/

Translations

untanglingnoun
untanglings
pl
The untangling of the legal jargon took hours.
Le démêlage du jargon juridique a pris des heures.
Additional translations
démêlageAu sens figuré, pour le fait de clarifier une situation complexe.
Synonyms
resolution
clarification
unsnarling
disentangling
unraveling
Antonyms
entangling
tangling
untanglinggerund / present participle
UK
/ʌnˈtæŋɡlɪŋ/
US
/ʌnˈtæŋɡlɪŋ/
Used attributively to describe something that untangles or is in the process of being untangled.
démêlantSe dit notamment d’un objet ou d’un produit servant à démêler.
He handed me an untangling comb to fix the knots.
Il m’a tendu un peigne démêlant pour enlever les nœuds.
untangleverb

untangling

Gerund

untangled
Past Simple
untangled
Past Participle
untangling
Gerund
UK
/ʌnˈtæŋɡl/
US
/ʌnˈtæŋɡəl/
démêlerSens propre et figuré ; usage courant.
She spent hours trying to untangle the knots in the fishing line.
Elle a passé des heures à essayer de démêler les nœuds de la ligne de pêche.
Additional translations
dénouerSurtout au sens figuré ; plus littéraire ou soigné.
Synonyms
unravel
clear up
resolve
sort out
disentangle
Antonyms
tangle

Definitions

untanglingnoun
The act or process of untangling something, either physically by removing knots or figuratively by clarifying complexity.
The untangling of the legal jargon took hours.
untanglinggerund / present participle
Serving to untangle or engaged in untangling.
He handed me an untangling comb to fix the knots.
untangleverb
To free something from a tangled or twisted state.
She spent hours trying to untangle the knots in the fishing line.
To make a complicated situation or problem easier to understand or deal with.
The detective worked hard to untangle the web of lies surrounding the case.
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