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ENCODE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does encode mean?

• ENCODE (verb)
The verb ENCODE has 1 sense:

1. convert ordinary language into code

Familiarity information: ENCODE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ENCODE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Convert ordinary language into code

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cipher; cypher; encipher; encode; encrypt; write in code; code; inscribe

Context example:

We should encode the message for security reasons

Hypernyms (to "encode" is one way to...):

write (communicate or express by writing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

decode (convert code into ordinary language)

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