Dictionary entry details
• CYPHER (noun)
Meaning:
A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
nought; cypher; 0; cipher; zero
Hypernyms ("cypher" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
Meaning:
A quantity of no importance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
nothing; null; zero; zilch; zip; zippo; nix; nil; naught; nada; goose egg; aught; cypher; cipher
Context examples:
it looked like nothing I had ever seen before / reduced to nil all the work we had done / we racked up a pathetic goose egg / it was all for naught / I didn't hear zilch about it
Hypernyms ("cypher" is a kind of...):
relative quantity (a quantity relative to some purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cypher"):
nihil ((Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ))
bugger all; Fanny Adams; fuck all; sweet Fanny Adams (little or nothing at all)
Meaning:
A person of no influence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
nobody; nonentity; cypher; cipher
Hypernyms ("cypher" is a kind of...):
common man; common person; commoner (a person who holds no title)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cypher"):
pip-squeak; small fry; squirt (someone who is small and insignificant)
jackanapes; lightweight; whippersnapper (someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous)
Meaning:
A secret method of writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
cryptograph; secret code; cypher; cipher
Hypernyms ("cypher" is a kind of...):
code (a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy)
Meaning:
A message written in a secret code
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
cipher; cypher
Hypernyms ("cypher" is a kind of...):
message (a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled)
• CYPHER (verb)
Meaning:
Convert ordinary language into code
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
encrypt; encode; encipher; cypher; cipher; write in code; code; inscribe
Context example:
We should encode the message for security reasons
Hypernyms (to "cypher" is one way to...):
write (communicate or express by writing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make a mathematical calculation or computation
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
calculate; compute; cypher; cipher; figure; reckon; work out
Hypernyms (to "cypher" is one way to...):
reason (think logically)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cypher"):
divide; fraction (perform a division)
extrapolate; interpolate (estimate the value of)
differentiate (calculate a derivative; take the derivative)
integrate (calculate the integral of; calculate by integration)
survey (plot a map of (land))
approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))
budget (make a budget)
capitalise; capitalize (compute the present value of a business or an income)
multiply (combine by multiplication)
deduct; subtract; take off (make a subtraction)
add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)
quantise; quantize (apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor)
extract (calculate the root of a number)
process (perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information)
prorate (divide or assess proportionally)
miscalculate; misestimate (calculate incorrectly)
recalculate (calculate anew)
average; average out (compute the average of)
factor; factor in; factor out (resolve into factors)
resolve; solve (find the solution)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
