code
verb/kəʊd/
/kəʊd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they code | /kəʊd/ /kəʊd/ |
| he / she / it codes | /kəʊdz/ /kəʊdz/ |
| past simple coded | /ˈkəʊdɪd/ /ˈkəʊdɪd/ |
| past participle coded | /ˈkəʊdɪd/ /ˈkəʊdɪd/ |
| -ing form coding | /ˈkəʊdɪŋ/ /ˈkəʊdɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] code something to write or print words, letters, numbers, etc. on something so that you know what it is, what group it belongs to, etc.
- Each order is coded separately.
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- [transitive] code something to put a message into code so that it can only be understood by a few people
- [transitive, intransitive] code (something) (computing) to write a computer program by putting one system of numbers, words and symbols into another system see also hard-code compare encode (2)Topics Computersb2
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin codex, codic- literally ‘block of wood’, later denoting a block split into leaves or tablets for writing on, hence a book. The term originally denoted a systematic collection of statutes made by Justinian or another of the later Roman emperors; compare with sense (5) (mid 18th cent.), the earliest modern sense.
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