to unscramble
8
3.3
To put mixed things into the right order or make them clear
- verb
- /ʌnˈskræmbəl/
:
desenredar
- We might, for example, be faster at unscrambling the letters VEIH to form the word "hive."
Examples
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Can you help me unscramble this message? It doesn't make any sense right now.
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And did a tremendous amount of work to try to help us unscramble all of this and come to a hypothesis.
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You helped unscramble my Cinemax when we were kids.
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One is asked to listen, then unscramble the four excerpts, arranging them in the correct sequence.
Academic text (1997) -
During the game, we had to unscramble the letters to form the correct word.
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The teacher asked the students to unscramble the sentences to understand the story better.
Antonyms
How Ordered
to systematize
3
6.7
- US
3
6.7
to organize
662
1.6
- US
662
1.6
to unscramble
8
3.3
8
3.3
to sort out
37
2.8
37
2.8
to untangle
10
3.5
10
3.5
Surface Forms
unscramble infinitive
unscrambled past
unscrambled past participle
unscrambling present participle
unscrambles third person singular
Morphology
Etymology
Unscramble is made from the parts un- ('reverse' or 'not') and scramble ('to mix up'), so think of putting 'scrambled eggs' back into order. So, to unscramble something is to put things that are mixed or confused back into the right order.