decode

About 0.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

   The cryptographer decoded the secret message and sent the result to the officer.

2. verb To figure out something difficult to interpret.

   I finally managed to decode the nearly illegible doctor's prescription.

3. noun A product of decoding
4. noun Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols

Similar words

decipher decrypt decryption unscramble decoder break decryptify decypher unencrypt descramble

Often followed by

the and it a words them this messages these

Word family

decoded decodes decoding