Code Strict Written System Dress Noun Bre Kəʊd

• to break/crack a code (= to understand and read the message)
• it's written in code.
• tap your code number into the machine.
• in the event of the machine not operating correctly, an error code will appear.

code

1. a system of words, letters, numbers or symbols that represent a message or record information secretly or in a shorter form
• see also area code
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/area-code
• to break/crack a code (= to understand and read the message)
• It's written in code.
• Tap your code number into the machine.
• In the event of the machine not operating correctly, an error code will appear.
• = dialling code
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dialling-code
• There are three codes for London.
2. a system of computer programming instructions
• see also machine code
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/machine-code
3. a set of moral principles or rules of behaviour that are generally accepted by society or a social group
• a strict code of conduct
4. a system of laws or written rules that state how people in an institution or a country should behave
• see also dress code
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dress-code
• the penal code

Extra Examples

• He was thrown out for infringing the club’s strict dress code.
• The code was difficult to crack.
• The company has drawn up a new disciplinary code.
• The principal said I had violated the school’s dress code.
• The profession has a strict code of practice.
• There is an unwritten code that says ‘Do not date your best friend’s ex’.
• What’s the area code for Bath?
• planned changes in the US tax code
• the Highway Code
• A long-standing, unwritten code of behaviour governs relations between ministers and civil servants.
• The Supreme Council adopted a new criminal code.
• The law includes amendments to the penal code.
• The school enforces a strict code of conduct.
• There should be a clear ethical code for researchers working with human subjects.
• There was a rigid code of honour associated with the cult.
• Young people unconsciously conform to a dress code but reject any kind of uniform.

Word Origin

• Middle 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.