In a rare break from the party line, twelve Republican senators voted to codify same-sex marriage rights.
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Codify
//ˈkɑd.ɪˌfaɪ//
Synonyms for "codify" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
13 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- кодирам verb (reduce to a code)
Catalan
1 entries- codificar verb (reduce to a code)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 使法律成文化 verb (reduce to a code)
- 法典化 verb (reduce to a code)
- 編成法典 /编成法典 verb (reduce to a code)
Czech
1 entries- kodifikovat verb (reduce to a code)
Finnish
2 entries- kodifioida verb (reduce to a code)
- koontaa (lait) verb (reduce to a code)
French
1 entries- codifier verb (reduce to a code)
German
1 entries- kodifizieren verb (reduce to a code)
Greek
1 entries- κωδικοποιώ verb (reduce to a code)
Japanese
1 entries- 成文化する verb (reduce to a code)
Polish
1 entries- kodyfikować verb (reduce to a code)
Portuguese
1 entries- codificar verb (reduce to a code)
Romanian
1 entries- codifica verb (reduce to a code)
Russian
3 entries- зашифро́вывать verb (reduce to a code)
- зашифрова́ть verb (reduce to a code)
- кодифици́ровать verb (reduce to a code)
Spanish
1 entries- codificar verb (reduce to a code)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The company president codified the goal as a one-line mission statement.
Source: wiktionary
The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ;[…]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “ near-aissance.”
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