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    decode
    /diːˈkəʊd/

    verb

    • 1. convert (a coded message) into intelligible language: "he put down the phone and decoded the message"

    noun

    • 1. a translation of a coded message: informal "studying reports, poring over decodes"

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  3. To decode is to take out of code and put into understandable language. (Its opposite is encode, "to put into coded form".) But dreams may sometimes also be decoded; psychologists often try to decode the images of their patients' dreams so as to understand the emotions behind them.

  4. to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way: Decoding the paintings is not difficult once you know what the component parts symbolize. Compare. encode. [ I or T ] language specialized. to understand the meaning of a word or phrase in a foreign language in the correct way:

  5. to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way: Decoding the paintings is not difficult once you know what the component parts symbolize. Compare. encode. [ I or T ] language specialized. to understand the meaning of a word or phrase in a foreign language in the correct way:

  6. DECODE meaning: 1. to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way: 2. to understand…. Learn more.

  7. DECODE meaning: 1 : to change (secret messages, documents, etc.) from a set of letters, numbers, symbols, etc., you cannot understand into words you can understand; 2 : to find or understand the true or hidden meaning of (something)

  8. Decode definition: to translate (data or a message) from a code into the original language or form.. See examples of DECODE used in a sentence.

  9. decode in British English. (diːˈkəʊd ) verb. 1. to convert (a message, text, etc) from code into ordinary language. 2. computing. to convert (coded characters) from one form to another, as from binary-coded decimals to decimal numbers. Compare encode (sense 2) 3. electronics.

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