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Definition of decrypt verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

decrypt

verb

NAmE//diˈkrɪpt//

decrypt something (computing)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they decrypt

he / she / it decrypts

past simple decrypted

-ing form decrypting

to change information that is in code into ordinary language so that it can be understood by anyone opposite encrypt

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decryption

NAmE//diˈkrɪpʃn//

noun [uncountable] opposite encryptionSee decrypt in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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