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Code

/kəʊd/

A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.

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📖 Definitions of "Code"

noun

1
A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
"This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9."
2
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
3
Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
"The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians."
4
A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.

verb

1
To write software programs.
"I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s."
2
To add codes to a dataset.
3
To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
4
To encode.
"We should code the messages we send out on Usenet."

🔄 Synonyms of "Code"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
ciphernoun	A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
cyphernoun	A surname from German.
inscribeverb	(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
encryptverb	To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
codificationnoun	The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way.
computer codenoun	(computing, informal) source code
encipherverb	To convert plain text into cipher.
write in codeverb	convert ordinary language into code
encodeverb	(transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.

↔️ Antonyms of "Code"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
decodeverb	To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Code"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
encodenoun	An encoding operation.
cyphernoun	A surname from German.
encipherverb	To convert plain text into cipher.
ciphernoun	A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
encryptverb	To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
computer codenoun	(computing, informal) source code
codificationnoun	The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way.
inscribeverb	(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
write in codeverb	convert ordinary language into code
encodingnoun	A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).
eannoun	Initialism of European Article Numbering: a barcode symbology whose main variant, EAN-13, encodes thirteen digits, differing from UPC-A in that three of the digits in the left half are reversed so as to encode an additional digit.
encryptionnoun	(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
passwordnoun	(computing, cryptography) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word but nowadays often an alphanumeric string or a phrase.
passcodenoun	A string of characters used for authentication on a digital device.
blognoun	(Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)
codenamenoun	Alternative form of code name. [(business, espionage, military) A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something, either for military or espionage purposes, or for commercial confidentiality.]
numbernoun	Quantity.
magazinenoun	A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
shorthandnoun	A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
codexnoun	A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.