code

CEFRA1

/kəʊd/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A set of rules or symbols used to communicate information.

  2. 02

    verb

    To write instructions for a computer.

Examples

  • Can you tell me what the zip code is for New York?

  • Frank left a message by means of a secret code.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /koʊd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.

  2. Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.

  3. A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.

More examples

In context

  • The programmer wrote a clean code block to solve the problem.

  • The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.

  • The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.

Quick test

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The spy memorized the secret blank before destroying the paper.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of codex. Verb etymology 1, verb sense 7 is an ellipsis of code blue (“medical emergency”).