decode

Plural: decodes

Verb

Verb Forms: decoded, decoding, decodes

• To convert a coded message into plain language.
• convert code into ordinary language
• To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
• To figure out something difficult to interpret.

Noun

• A product of decoding
• Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols

Examples

• I finally managed to decode the nearly illegible doctor's prescription.
• She managed to DECODE the jumbled letters on her rack into a high-scoring word.
• The cryptographer decoded the secret message and sent the result to the officer.

Synonyms

decipher, decrypt, uncode

Antonyms

encode, encrypt

Anagrams of decode