[{"word":"unpacking","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They didn't have time to unpack their bags before going out to dinner."},{"definition":"To empty containers that had been packed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They didn't have time to unpack before going to dinner."},{"definition":"To analyze a concept or a text.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of a segment such as a vowel) To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To decompress.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["pack"]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which something is unpacked.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The separation of the features of a segment (such as a nasal vowel or palatal consonant) into distinct segments; for example, the separation of a nasal vowel such as /ɑ̃/ into a vowel /ɑ/ and a nasal consonant /n/ (i.e., into /ɑn/) which often occurs when a language which does not use nasal vowels borrows from a language which does use them.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unpack","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unpacking"]}]