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Codify

/ˈkəʊ.dɨˌfaɪ/

To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.

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📖 Definitions of "Codify"

verb

1
To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
"The company president codified the goal as a one-line mission statement."
2
To collect and arrange in a systematic form.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Codify"

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Word	Definition
formalizeverb	To give something a formal or official standing.
consolidateverb	(ambitransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
consolidationnoun	The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.
compileverb	(transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
codeverb	(programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
encodeverb	(transitive) To convert (plain text) into code.
codingnoun	The process of writing computer software code.
encryptverb	To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.
encodingnoun	A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).
legalizeverb	To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
ciphernoun	A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
capsulizeverb	(figurative) To make into a concise form; to encapsulate.
commifyverb	(informal, chiefly software) To insert commas into (a piece of code).
cabalizeverb	(transitive) To make mysterious; to entangle or obscure with the trappings of religion, mysticism, or superstition.
compressnoun	(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
compactifynoun	(humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
columnizeverb	(transitive) To format (writing or data) as a series of columns.
draw upverb	(transitive) To compose (a document), especially following a standard form; prepare a plan.
encipherverb	To convert plain text into cipher.
patternizeverb	To arrange into a pattern