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DECODE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they decode ... he / she / it decodes
Past simple: decoded
Past participle: decoded
-ing form: decoding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convert code into ordinary language
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "decode" is one way to...):
rewrite (write differently; alter the writing of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
encode (convert information into code)
Derivation:
decoding (the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text)
