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decipher

  • verb
  • /dɪˈsaɪfə(ɹ)/

To convert a code or cipher to plain text.

Other meanings

  1. To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.

  2. To make sense of a complex situation.

Related words

  • undeciphered
  • decipheration
  • decipherer
  • decipheress
  • misdecipher
  • redecipher
  • undecipher
  • decipherability
  • decipherable
  • decipherment
  • indecipherability
  • indecipherable

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This definition is adapted from “decipher” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.