decode — [[t]di͟ːko͟ʊd[/t]] decodes, decoding, decoded 1) VERB If you decode a message that has been written or spoken in a code, you change it into ordinary language. [V n] All he had to do was decode it and pass it over... [V n] The secret documents… … English dictionary
decode — ► VERB 1) convert (a coded message) into intelligible language. 2) convert (audio or video signals), in particular from analogue to digital. DERIVATIVES decodable adjective decoder noun … English terms dictionary
decode — [dē kōd′, dē′kōd′] vt. decoded, decoding 1. to translate (a coded message) into ordinary language 2. to convert (data) by removing or reversing previously applied electronic code … English World dictionary
Decode (semiotics) — Semiotics General concepts Biosemiotics · Code Computational semiotics Connotation … Wikipedia
message — noun 1 from one person to another ADJECTIVE ▪ important, urgent, vital ▪ brief, short ▪ incoming, outgoing ▪ … Collocations dictionary
decode — UK [diːˈkəʊd] / US [dɪˈkoʊd] verb [transitive] Word forms decode : present tense I/you/we/they decode he/she/it decodes present participle decoding past tense decoded past participle decoded 1) to succeed in understanding the meaning of a message … English dictionary
decode — transitive verb Date: 1896 1. a. to convert (as a coded message) into intelligible form b. to recognize and interpret (an electronic signal) 2. a. decipher 3a b. to … New Collegiate Dictionary
decode — verb a) To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. The cryptographer decoded the secret message and sent the result to the officer. b) To figure out something difficult to interpret. I finally managed to decode the nearly illegible doctors… … Wiktionary
decode — verb Decode is used with these nouns as the object: ↑message, ↑signal … Collocations dictionary
decode — verb (T) 1 to discover the meaning of a secret or complicated message: a computer that can decode and implement complex instructions. 2 technical to understand the meaning of a word rather than use a word to express meaning opposite encode … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
decode — [diːˈkəʊd] verb [T] to succeed in understanding the meaning of a message that is written in CODE Syn: decipher Ant: decode … Dictionary for writing and speaking English