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untangling

/ʌnˈtæŋɡlɪŋ/

untanglingnoun

untanglings

Translations

démêlage

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.

Definitions

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.

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untanglinggerund / present participle

/ʌnˈtæŋɡlɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe something that untangles or is in the process of being untangled.

Translations

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.

Definitions

Serving to untangle or engaged in untangling.

He handed me an untangling comb to fix the knots.

untangleverb

untangling

ing-form

untangled

Past Simple

untangled

Past Participle

untangling

ing-form

/ʌnˈtæŋɡl/

/ʌnˈtæŋɡəl/

Translations

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.

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

clear up

sort out

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