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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unpaywall en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From un- + paywall.

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To remove a paywall from.
    • While I like publishing free posts once in a while and am in the habit of unpaywalling older ones, my overall goal is to increase my ranks of paid subscribers, so I’ve prioritized paid content. 2021 November 20, Jesse Singal, “"Let's Make Unreasonable Rhetorical Demands Of The People Who We Want On Our Side"”, in Singal-Minded:
    • I will, over the next few weeks, start unpaywalling the articles I’ve got up. 2019 January 22, Yasmin Nair, “Changes”, in Yasmin Nair:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unpaywalled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unpaywalled Tense=Past lexicographic
unpaywalls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unpaywalling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic