DECODE


Meaning of DECODE in English

(~s, decoding, ~d)

1.

If you ~ a message that has been written or spoken in a code, you change it into ordinary language.

All he had to do was ~ it and pass it over...

= decipher

? encode

VERB: V n

2.

A device that ~s a broadcast signal changes it into a form that can be displayed on a television screen.

About 60,000 subscribers have special adapters to receive and ~ the signals.

VERB: V n

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .