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unanchor en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der.? Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.? Latin ancorabor. Proto-Germanic *ankurô Proto-West Germanic *ankurō Old English ancor Middle English anker English anchor English unanchor From un- + anchor.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To raise an anchor or to free a vessel from an anchor.
2. (broadly, transitive) To liberate.
3. (intransitive) To become loose or physically unattached.
4. (transitive) To release from a fixed position and allow to be moved.
   • To unanchor the cell cursor so that you can move it into position for selecting another range, press Shift+F8. This puts you in Add to Selection mode, in which you can move to the first cell of the next range without selecting any more cells. 2012, Greg Harvey, Excel 2010 For Dummies:

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