Decode

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To convert from code into plain text.
  • v. To convert from a scrambled electronic signal into an interpretable one.
  • v. To extract the underlying meaning from: decode a complex literary text.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A product of decoding
  • n. Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols
  • v. To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
  • v. To figure out something difficult to interpret.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. to convert from a coded form into the original form; -- of communications. Inverse of encode.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To turn or translate (a message or letter from a cipher code) into its original language or form. See code, 4.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. convert code into ordinary language
  • Antonym
    encode   
    Verb Form
    decoded    decodes    decoding   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rewrite   
    Form
    decoder   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    decrypt    decipher   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Rhode    abode    bestowed    bestrode    blowed    bode    bowed    brode    busload    coad   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts