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- DictionaryDe·ci·pher/dəˈsīfər/
verb
- 1. convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language: "keys allow people to decipher coded messages"
1. : decode sense 1a. decipher a secret message. 2. obsolete : depict. with her majesty's name deciphered in gold letters Jonathan Swift. 3. a. : to make out the meaning of despite indistinctness or obscurity.
DECIPHER definition: 1. to discover the meaning of something written badly or in a difficult or hidden way: 2. to…. Learn more.
DECIPHER meaning: 1. to discover the meaning of something written badly or in a difficult or hidden way: 2. to…. Learn more.
to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note. to discover the meaning of (anything obscure or difficult to trace or understand): to decipher hieroglyphics.
Decipher means translate from code, or more generally, figure out. If you can’t decipher your teacher's writing, it means you can't read it. You might feel like you're being asked to decipher a code. During World War II, the Nazis used a machine called the Enigma to encode secret messages.
If you decipher a piece of writing or a message, you work out what it says, even though it is very difficult to read or understand.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English de‧ci‧pher /dɪˈsaɪfə $ -ər/ verb [ transitive] 1 to find the meaning of something that is difficult to read or understand → indecipherable She studied the envelope, trying to decipher the handwriting. 2 to change a message written in a code into ordinary language so that you can read it ...
Decipher Definition. To read or interpret (ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter). To translate (a message in cipher or code) into ordinary, understandable language; decode. To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
decipher something to convert something written in code into normal language. They were able to decipher the French military codes. She quickly deciphered the whole message.
to discover what something says or means: It's sometimes difficult to decipher his handwriting. (Definition of decipher from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
