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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. Decode is a verb that means to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way, or to understand a word or phrase in a foreign language. Learn more about the usage, synonyms, and translations of decode with Cambridge Dictionary.

  4. Learn the meaning of decode, a verb that means to convert something into intelligible form or to recognize and interpret a signal. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.

  5. Learn the meaning of decode as a verb in English, with examples of how to use it in sentences and how to pronounce it. Find out how to say decode in different languages, such as Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Decode means to convert from code into plaintext or to extract meaning from symbols. Learn how to use decode in different contexts, such as communications, computer science, electronics, and linguistics, with synonyms and translations.

  9. 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.