"decode" meaning in English

See decode in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈkəʊd/ [UK], /diːˈkəʊd/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decode.wav Forms: decodes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊd Etymology: From de- + code. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|code}} de- + code Head templates: {{en-noun}} decode (plural decodes)
  1. (cryptography) A product of decoding Categories (topical): Cryptography
    Sense id: en-decode-en-noun-1jyeExLj Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 22 27 24 27 Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing) Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols Categories (topical): Computing
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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈkəʊd/ [UK], /diːˈkəʊd/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decode.wav Forms: decodes [present, singular, third-person], decoding [participle, present], decoded [participle, past], decoded [past]
Rhymes: -əʊd Etymology: From de- + code. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|code}} de- + code Head templates: {{en-verb}} decode (third-person singular simple present decodes, present participle decoding, simple past and past participle decoded)
  1. To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. Synonyms: decipher, decrypt, uncode Translations (to convert from an encrypted form to plain text): فك تشفير [masculine] (Arabic), kodsuzlaşdırmaq (Azerbaijani), 解碼 (Chinese Mandarin), 解码 (jiěmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), rozšifrovat (Czech), dekódovat (Czech), afkode (Danish), ontcijferen (Dutch), malkodi (Esperanto), purkaa koodaus (Finnish), avata (Finnish), dekoodata (Finnish), décoder (French), decodieren (German), αποκωδικοποιώ (apokodikopoió) (Greek), αποκωδικογραφώ (apokodikografó) (Greek), αποκρυπτογραφώ (apokryptografó) (Greek), dekódol (Hungarian), megfejt (Hungarian), 解読する (kaidoku suru) (Japanese), wetewaehere (Maori), descodificar (Portuguese), decodificar (Portuguese), decodifica (Romanian), декоди́ровать (dekodírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), раскоди́ровать (raskodírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), расшифро́вывать (rasšifróvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), расшифрова́ть (rasšifrovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), decodificar (Spanish), descodificar (Spanish), avkoda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-decode-en-verb-KPpEKh5s Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 22 27 24 27 Disambiguation of 'to convert from an encrypted form to plain text': 96 4
  2. To figure out something difficult to interpret. Translations (to figure out something difficult to interpret): tulkita (Finnish), αποκρυπτογραφώ (apokryptografó) (Greek), اوقومق (okumak) (Ottoman Turkish), descodificar (Portuguese), расшифро́вывать (rasšifróvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), расшифрова́ть (rasšifrovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), переводи́ть (perevodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), перевести́ (perevestí) [perfective] (Russian), traducir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-decode-en-verb-GiiwEY-b Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 22 27 24 27 Disambiguation of 'to figure out something difficult to interpret': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: codec, decodability, decodable, decoder, misdecode, nondecoded, redecode, undecoded

Inflected forms

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