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- DictionaryDe·code/ˌdēˈkōd/
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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1. a. : to convert (something, such as a coded message) into intelligible form. b. : to recognize and interpret (an electronic signal) 2. a. : decipher sense 3a. b. : to discover the underlying meaning of. decode the play's imagery. Did you know? To decode is to take out of code and put into understandable language.
to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way: Decoding the paintings is not difficult once you know what the component parts symbolize. Compare. encode. [ I or T ] language specialized. to understand the meaning of a word or phrase in a foreign language in the correct way:
to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way: Decoding the paintings is not difficult once you know what the component parts symbolize. Compare. encode. [ I or T ] language specialized. to understand the meaning of a word or phrase in a foreign language in the correct way:
verb. to convert (a message, text, etc) from code into ordinary language. computing to convert (coded characters) from one form to another, as from binary-coded decimals to decimal numbers Compare encode. electronics to convert (a coded electrical signal) into normal analogue components.
to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way: Decoding the paintings is not difficult once you know what the component parts symbolize. Compare. encode. [ I or T ] language specialized. to understand the meaning of a word or phrase in a foreign language in the correct way:
Other forms: decoding; decoded; decodes. 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 ...
1. : to change (secret messages, documents, etc.) from a set of letters, numbers, symbols, etc., you cannot understand into words you can understand. The government agents finally decoded [= deciphered] the message. — compare code, encode. 2. : to find or understand the true or hidden meaning of (something)
