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We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.
Jean Toomer

Meaning of "untying" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNTYING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNTYING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Untying is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb untying in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNTYING

PRESENT

Present
I untie
you untie
he/she/it unties
we untie
you untie
they untie
Present continuous
I am untying
you are untying
he/she/it is untying
we are untying
you are untying
they are untying
Present perfect
I have untied
you have untied
he/she/it has untied
we have untied
you have untied
they have untied
Present perfect continuous
I have been untying
you have been untying
he/she/it has been untying
we have been untying
you have been untying
they have been untying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I untied
you untied
he/she/it untied
we untied
you untied
they untied
Past continuous
I was untying
you were untying
he/she/it was untying
we were untying
you were untying
they were untying
Past perfect
I had untied
you had untied
he/she/it had untied
we had untied
you had untied
they had untied
Past perfect continuous
I had been untying
you had been untying
he/she/it had been untying
we had been untying
you had been untying
they had been untying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will untie
you will untie
he/she/it will untie
we will untie
you will untie
they will untie
Future continuous
I will be untying
you will be untying
he/she/it will be untying
we will be untying
you will be untying
they will be untying
Future perfect
I will have untied
you will have untied
he/she/it will have untied
we will have untied
you will have untied
they will have untied
Future perfect continuous
I will have been untying
you will have been untying
he/she/it will have been untying
we will have been untying
you will have been untying
they will have been untying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would untying
you would untying
he/she/it would untying
we would untying
you would untying
they would untying
Conditional continuous
I would be untying
you would be untying
he/she/it would be untying
we would be untying
you would be untying
they would be untying
Conditional perfect
I would have untying
you would have untying
he/she/it would have untying
we would have untying
you would have untying
they would have untying
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been untying
you would have been untying
he/she/it would have been untying
we would have been untying
you would have been untying
they would have been untying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you untie
we let´s untie
you untie
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to untie
Past participle
untied
Present Participle
untying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNTYING

untunable
untunableness
untunably
untune
untuneable
untuneful
untunefully
untunefulness
unturbid
unturf
unturn
unturnable
unturned
untutored
untwilled
untwine
untwist
untypable
untypical
untypically

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNTYING

annoying
buying
copying
crying
dying
flying
hogtying
laying
lying
outlying
paying
pitying
playing
saying
self-pitying
trying
tying
underlying
unpitying
varying

Synonyms and antonyms of untying in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNTYING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «untying» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of untying

Translation of «untying» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNTYING

Find out the translation of untying to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of untying from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «untying» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

解开
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desvinculación
570 millions of speakers

English

untying
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

untying
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عدم تقييد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

развязывание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desvinculação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খুলছ কেন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déliement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membebaskan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufhebung der Lieferbindung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アンタイド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대기업들은 믿고있다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbuwang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cởi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அவிழ்த்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Untying
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deponun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

svincolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiązania pomocy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розв´язування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezlegare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποσύνδεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontkoppeling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avbindning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avbinding
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of untying

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTYING»

The term «untying» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.209 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTYING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about untying

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «UNTYING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word untying.
1
Ali Smith
Words are like untying a corset - you can move into this great space with them.
2
Jean Toomer
We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNTYING»

Discover the use of untying in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to untying and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Untying the Knot: A Short History of Divorce
A fascinating study of the rapid spread of divorce and its affect on family life in Western society.
Roderick Phillips, 1991
2
Untying the Knot: Marriage, the State, and the Case for ...
In Untying the Knot, Tamara Metz addresses this crucial question, making a powerful argument that marriage, like religion, should be separated from the state.
Tamara Metz, 2010
3
Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait
The relationship between Taiwan and China is a paradox.
Richard C. Bush, 2005
4
Untying the Knot: John Mark Byers and the West Memphis Three
In "Untying the Knot," author Greg Day tells the true story of John Mark Byers and the about-face he made to free the men convicted of the crime.
Greg Day, 2012
5
Untying the Knots in Buddhism: Selected Essays
The categories of the Twenty-four essays are Heroes of the system, Theory of the Heroes, Buddhist Doctrine, Buddhist Practice and hindu Buddhist Studies. Among these essays are one of his earliest from the late 1950`s.
Alex Wayman, 1997
6
Untying the Knot: On Riddles and Other Enigmatic Modes
This book collects eighteen previously unpublished essays on the riddle--a genre of discourse found in virtually every human culture.
Galit Hasan-Rokem, David Dean Shulman, 1996
7
Pope Francis: Untying the Knots
And his behaviour during Argentina s Dirty War, when military death squads snatched innocent people from the streets, raised serious questions on which this book casts new light.
Paul Vallely, 2013
8
Untying the Knot of War: A Bargaining Theory of ...
A formal theory of why some crises end in war
T. Clifton Morgan, 1994
9
Untying the Land Knot: Making Equitable, Efficient, and ...
This book argues that access to industrial and commercial land is crucial to investment, but sustainable development requires government policy measures that balance investors needs with broader public interests.
Xiaofang Shen, Xiaolun Sun, 2012
10
Untying the Knot: Working with Children and Parents
"Untying The Knot" sets out to present a clinical approach to cases where the referred patient is a child or adolescent, but in which the parents are intimately involved in the therapeutic situation.
A. H. Brafman, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNTYING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term untying is used in the context of the following news items.
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Europe's untying of the Grecian knot
The sobering reality that the EU will have to face after the untying of this Grecian knot is that any interim solution will amount to little more than kicking the can' ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
2
Walvis Bay Dry Port: Untying a white elephant
The Botswana Investment Trade Centre (BITC) recently took local companies to Namibia on a trade mission to expose them to opportunities that exists at the ... «Mmegi Online, Jun 15»
3
Untying the aboriginal-immigrant knot
In the minds of many Canadians, the treatment of aboriginals and immigrants is inextricably tied together, and it's creating moral confusion. I have witnessed on ... «Vancouver Sun, May 15»
4
More couples untying the knot as the years go by
SINGAPORE — Couples are not making their marriages last as long as they did before, a study of unions over the years show. For instance, among those who ... «TODAYonline, Apr 15»
5
Australian celebrants offer DIVORCE ceremonies to couples untying
Untying the knot: Australian celebrants are offering divorce ceremonies as part of their services. Josh Withers has been a celebrant for seven years, and has ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
6
Same-sex couples tying and untying the knot
But although love is truly in the air, lifting the ban on same-sex marriages has others untying the knot. “Theoretically we believe that same-sex marriages are ... «ABC Action News, Jan 15»
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Bravo Renews 'Untying The Knot' For Second Season
Bravo has greenlit a second season of Untying The Knot with celebrity attorney and mediator Vikki Ziegler. Series follows Ziegler as she travels the country ... «Deadline.com, Nov 14»
8
Q&A – Untying the UK pub industry
They are pubs whose landlords are under contract to purchase their beer from a particular pub group or brewery, as well as pay a market rent to run the ... «Financial Times, Nov 14»
9
The untying of Google+ from Gmail is the final nail in the platform's …
Anyone who has sprung out of bed on Christmas Day, scampered down the stairs and begun tearing their way through paper will have felt the surge of ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
10
JR Smith says he'd still be untying opponent's shoelaces if the NBA …
The tricky balance with Smith came to light last winter, when he was caught on tape untying the shoelaces of both Shawn Marion and then Greg Monroe in ... «Yahoo Singapore News, Sep 14»

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