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coding

  • /koʊdɪŋ/ US
  • /kəʊdɪŋ/ UK

Where it comes from

From code + -ing.

noun codings

  1. countable, uncountable The process of encoding or decoding.
  2. countable, uncountable An encoding.
  3. countable, uncountable The process of writing computer software code. I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.

    Similar: computer programming

  4. countable, uncountable A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
  5. countable, uncountable An alternative therapy used to treat addictions by convincing the patient (through hypnosis, placebos, etc.) that the substance will harm or kill them if they use it again.
  6. countable, uncountable A 1-uniform morphism; an injective morphism; a morphism that maps letter to letter
  7. Philippines, abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, numeral, uncountable Ellipsis of number coding

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of code

adjective

  1. Philippines, not comparable Applied to vehicles when they are under number coding. My car is coding today, so I cannot drive.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: put on, ride, tease, collect, rag, rally, take in, tantalize, bait, befool, dupe, taunt, pod, seedcase, slang, due

Translations

Every language

noun process of encoding or decoding

Portuguêscodificação
DeutschProgrammierung
Italianocodifica
Românăcodare-decodare, codificare-decodificare

noun process of writing computer software code

Portuguêsprogramação
Italianoprogrammazione

noun type of morphism

Françaismorphisme de codage

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"coding." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coding. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

coding. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coding

Chicago

"coding." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coding.

BibTeX
@misc{coding_2026,
  title = {coding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}