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- Dictionaryde·code/ˌdēˈkōd/
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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The meaning of DECODE is to convert (something, such as a coded message) into intelligible form. How to use decode in a sentence. Did you know?
DECODE definition: 1. to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way: 2. to understand…. Learn more.
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.
DECODE meaning: 1. to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way: 2. to understand…. Learn more.
If you decode a message that has been written or spoken in a code, you change it into ordinary language.
When you translate a message from symbols or code into language, you decode it. British code breakers worked during World War II to decode Germany's coded messages. You might need to decode a secret message sent by a spy, but some computer scientists also decode the symbols in computer languages into grammatically correct language.
1. (Communications & Information) to convert (a message, text, etc) from code into ordinary language. 2. (Computer Science) computing to convert (coded characters) from one form to another, as from binary-coded decimals to decimal numbers. Compare encode 2. 3.
decode something to receive an electronic signal and change it into a different form, for example pictures that can be shown on a television screen. decoding equipment; decode something (linguistics) to understand the meaning of something in a foreign language; compare encode
1 decode something to find the meaning of something, especially something that has been written in code synonym decipher I was involved in decoding enemy documents.
DECODE definition: to discover the meaning of a message that is in code (= secret system of communication) . Learn more.