Code Definition
kōd
coded, codes, coding
noun
codes
A body of laws, as of a nation or city, organized for easy reference.
Webster's New World
A set of signals representing letters or numerals, used to send messages, as by telegraph or flags.
Webster's New World
An access code.
American Heritage
A system of symbols used as in secret writing or information processing, in which letters, figures, etc. are arbitrarily given certain meanings.
Webster's New World
A special command, such as a sequence of keystrokes, that allows a user to activate a hidden or accidental feature in a computer program or video game.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
coded, codes, coding
To put in the form or symbols of a code.
Webster's New World
To systematize and arrange (laws and regulations) into a code.
American Heritage
To assign a code to (something) for identification or classification.
Coded each response to the survey by age and gender.
American Heritage
To express or convey (words) in a manner that implies a different meaning.
A novel that codes references to a character's sexuality in descriptions of clothing.
American Heritage
To put in a binary form, as for computer use.
Webster's New World
Origin of Code
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From Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin codex, 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.”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Latin cōdex book codex
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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