code

🇺🇸 /kəʊd/ 🇬🇧 /kəʊd/
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Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-C1
noun
A2

A secret system of symbols or words used to hide messages.

The secret code kept their messages safe.

R

Numbers added before a phone number for a specific area.

You need the area code to call that city.

R

Instructions written for computers to follow.

She writes code to make apps work.

R

Rules that guide how people should act.

The school's code requires students to be respectful.

R

A set of laws or official rules.

The legal code helps maintain order in society.

verb
R

To mark something with labels or numbers for identification.

Each item is coded with a unique number.

R

To turn a message into a secret code.

They code messages to keep them private.

R

To write instructions for computers.

He likes to code in his free time.

translation

n. A secret system of symbols or words used to hide messages.; Numbers added before a phone number for a specific area.; Instructions written for computers to follow.; Rules that guide how people should act.; A set of laws or official rules.
v. To mark something with labels or numbers for identification.; To turn a message into a secret code.; To write instructions for computers.

Word Forms

Plural codes
Progressive coding
Past coded
Perfect coded
3rd Present codes