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decode
- /dɪˈkəʊd/ UK
- /diːˈkəʊd/ UK
Rhymes with -əʊd
verb decodes · decoding · decoded
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To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
The cryptographer decoded the secret message and sent the result to the officer.
Similar: decipher, decrypt, uncode · Opposite: encode, encrypt
- To figure out something difficult to interpret. I finally managed to decode the nearly illegible doctor's prescription.
noun decodes
- A product of decoding If and when the remaining Allied intercepts and decodes are opened up, we may expect to learn a great deal more about the later stages of the Holocaust.
- Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols This version includes more than 400 decodes that cover everything from legacy decodes to popular decodes and new or updated decodes for such protocols as voice over IP H.323, Server Message Block, Border Gateway Protocol Version 4, and Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: decipher, decrypt, decryption, unscramble, decoder, break, decryptify, decypher, unencrypt, descramble, unencode, detokenize, decodify, deprotect, uncipher, uncode
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verb to convert from an encrypted form to plain text
| Español | decodificar, descodificar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 解読する kaidoku suru |
| 中文 | 解碼 /解码 jiěmǎ |
| Português | descodificar, decodificar |
| Français | décoder |
| Deutsch | decodieren |
| Italiano | decodificare |
| Ελληνικά | αποκωδικοποιώ apokodikopoió, αποκωδικογραφώ apokodikografó, αποκρυπτογραφώ apokryptografó |
| Română | decodifica |
| Русский | декоди́ровать dekodírovatʹ, раскоди́ровать raskodírovatʹ, расшифро́вывать rasšifróvyvatʹ, расшифрова́ть rasšifrovátʹ |
| العربية | فك تشفير |
verb to figure out something difficult to interpret
| Español | traducir |
|---|---|
| Português | descodificar |
| Ελληνικά | αποκρυπτογραφώ apokryptografó |
| Русский | расшифро́вывать rasšifróvyvatʹ, расшифрова́ть rasšifrovátʹ, переводи́ть perevodítʹ, перевести́ perevestí |
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title = {decode},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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