noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An instance of the translation of something (usually a message or other text) into a form more suitable for subsequent processing.
2. 2
   the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of decode form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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accomplishmentallegorizationamplificationanswerascertainmentbilingual text

Antonyms

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encoding

Example

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"Where a painting's general sense seems clear, moreover, the exact decoding of its content remains in doubt."

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