to untangle
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4.9
- verb
- /ʌnˈtæŋɡəl/
:
desentrañar
- To solve the issue, we need to untangle the conflicting information that has been spreading.
- help to untangle
- attempt to untangle
- need to untangle
Or is this, I guess I'm asking, can you try to untangle the word sentient?
- Or is this, I guess I'm asking, can you try to untangle the word sentient?
- That's a sordid story that would take a very long time to untangle and explain.
- Well, to the Castro thing, why this case is so hard to untangle.
- And so in order to untangle this nice guy syndrome, let's recap what we need to do.
- Because you realise that for you, extricating yourself from something like that means carefully untangling it in a kind way.
- But it is a whole nest, a not a a mess of thoughtless contradictions that have to be untangled.
- So my first question is how do you recommend people start untangling those two things, money and mindfulness, self worth and consumption?
- And one of the reasons it's hard is you cannot easily untangle the tsunami from the nuclear reactor accident.
- However, in the course of trying to untangle what happened, we went back through and we've assumed what they were getting AT.
- Sometimes just knowing that can lift you out of inaccurate characterizations of yourself as codependent and then untangle the two sets of emotions.
- Of course, that needs processing, that needs probably to see a professional and actually untangle that.
- Well, OK, so you've made and interesting if you can untangle that comment.
- And if you ask people questions and you really listen, they will untangle themselves.
Examples
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So we try to untangle this and open it up as much as we possibly can.
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Therapy is my safe space to untangle my thoughts and make sense of myself.
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Further research is needed to help untangle these perplexing issues.
Academic text (1997) -
Because both biodiversity and ecosystem services are complex concepts, it can be difficult to untangle all of the links between them.
Academic text (2012) -
I mean there's so much baggage in this family, and we gotta figure out a way to untangle this whole mess.
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The teacher helped the students untangle the complicated math problems during the review session.
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After hours of discussion, they finally managed to untangle the reasons behind the project's failure.
Synonyms
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1.8
To let someone or something go free from being held
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1.0
Make a knot or lace loose by undoing it
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5.3
To stop being part of or connected to something
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4.4
To find out what really happened in a confusing situation
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7.6
Free a person or thing from something that traps them
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4.1
To escape limits or control and become independent
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3.9
To force yourself free from a place or person
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4.1
Remove chains and other things that hold someone so they are free
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3.7
Make a wrapped or twisted thing loose and straight
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6.5
Free someone or something from limits and control
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5.3
To disconnect two things that are joined, often machine parts
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6.4
To free something by untying ropes or cords
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5.8
To free a person or thing from a difficult situation
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6.2
To free someone or something from limits so they can act more freely
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7.0
To make something less tight or set something free
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6.8
Reduce the connection so one part does not affect another
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9.9
To free a person or thing from an unwanted burden like debts
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7.6
To free something from a tangle, like knots in rope or wire
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8.6
To take apart threads that form cloth or a basket
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5.1
To make a tied rope or string loose so it comes apart
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9.9
To free someone from control or false ideas
To free a person or thing from a difficult situation
To free someone or something from a problem that makes things hard
To make a plan simpler by removing problems
To let go of a strong feeling or control that holds you back
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Etymology
Untangle comes from the parts un- and tangle, with un- meaning 'remove' and tangle meaning 'a twisted mess', just like in untie. So, to untangle a problem or situation is to free it from confusion and make it clear.