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coded

  • adjective
  • /ˈkəʊ.dəd/

Encoded; written in code or cipher.

Other meanings

  1. Portrayed in a way that suggests or resembles having a specific trait or inspiration, without being officially explicitly stated as having that trait.

    “The character comes across as being female-coded.”

  2. Like; resembling or having the characteristics of.

    “Bro has been acting kind of NPC-coded lately.”

Related words

  • colour-coded

Example sentences

  • “I've color-coded the cards for your convenience.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “coded” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.