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decode

[ dee-kohd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, de·cod·ed, de·cod·ing.

to translate (data or a message) from a code into the original language or form.
to extract meaning from (spoken or written symbols).
Television. to unscramble (an electronic signal) so as to provide a video picture for cable subscribers.

, de·cod·ed, de·cod·ing.

decode

/ diːˈkəʊd /

to convert (a message, text, etc) from code into ordinary language
computing to convert (coded characters) from one form to another, as from binary-coded decimals to decimal numbers Compare encode
electronics to convert (a coded electrical signal) into normal analogue components
to analyse and understand the construction of words and phrases, esp in a foreign language

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Origin of decode¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; de- + code

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The next one will be to teach cells to decode the information.

This track is so confusing and multi-layered, it would take a team of Mensa members with Ph.D.s in Ebonics to decode.

But she arguably did more than anyone to decode what was then the oldest written European language known to exist.

He softened the rhetoric here and there, but if you decode his substantive words, he said nothing new.

Hyde Park is partly in Paddington, a name which the authorities decode into “town of the children of Paeda”.

Afraid for a moment that you'd be off before we could decode it.

Also, he was hungry, and he did not hurry over his dinner in order to decode it.

She sets herself wearily to decode some sort of definite meaning out of Mother's elliptic style.

The Secretary, whose business it was to decode the official telegrams, commenced his task with but languid interest.

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