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word decode
definition (1) To put a coded message into an understandable form. (2) To find the underlying meaning of; decipher.
eg_sentence The Allies were able to decode many important secret messages sent by the Germans and Japanese in World War II.
explanation To decode is to take out of code and put into understandable language. (Its opposite is encode, “to put into coded form.”) But dreams may sometimes also be decoded; psychologists often try to decode the images of their patients' dreams so as to understand the emotions behind them. And readers must often decode what a novel or story or poem is telling them, which may require two or three readings. Decipher is often a synonym, though we now use it when talking about reading difficult handwriting
IPA dɪˈkoʊd

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