decode

Speech parts

1. decode - Noun

2. decode - Verb

Meaning

convert code into ordinary language

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

decipher read parsee understand explain solve resolve solved interpret translate crack clarify interpreting cracking parse
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Antonyms

encode ravel cypher marshal code cipher
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Hypernyms

rewrite

Phrases with the word

decode a cipher decode a secret code decode a secret language decode a code decode a cryptogram

Examples

Hey, don't knock Judy Blume. Without her, my younger self would never have been able to decode the random acts of madness perpetrated by the fascinating creature known as the teenage girl. Ken Marino

Why do you have to translate and decode things? Just let the image be. It will have a special kind of reality that it won't once it's decoded. Laurie Anderson

One naturally wonders if the problem of translation could conceivably be treated as a problem in cryptography. When I look at an article in Russian, I say: 'This is really written in English, but it has been coded in some strange symbols. I will now proceed to decode. Warren Weaver

Reading asks that you bring your whole life experience and your ability to decode the written word and your creative imagination to the page and be a co-author with the writer, because the story is just squiggles on the page unless you have a reader. Katherine Paterson

I love films like Deliverance where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings. Christopher McQuarrie

It's very important to decode your own messages, like saying "I feel angry" instead of kicking the cat, and people who learn to do this find they are misunderstood less often and, as a fringe benefit, are clawed by fewer cats. Merle Shain

Close letter words and terms

decocture decodability decodable decode a cipher decode a code decode a cryptogram