decipher Definition
de·ci·pher (dē sī′fər, di-)
decipher Related Forms
decipher Synonyms
decipher
v.
Antonyms
decipher Usage Examples
Object
- hieroglyph: From what was etched in this stone, 19th century scholars were able to begin deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs.
- mayan: Hair care seminar on a diverse decipher the mayan by the cruise.
- handwriting: Handwriting 1500 - 1700 An online course to help decipher old English handwriting.
- inscription: Talbot was also a mathematician and classical scholar, and was one of the first to decipher the cuneiform inscriptions of Nineveh, Assyria.
- jargon: Learn when to use data or documents, how to decipher misleading industry jargon, and the key ideas of XML programming.
- clue: Synopsis: Monaghan must decipher ghostly clues in the conclusion to yesterday's mystery.
Noun phrase with adjective complement
such: An hour is not much in which to attempt to decipher a building such as this.
Adjective complement
due: The program was also of a good standard, although the announcements were difficult to decipher due to use of a troublesome radio microphone.
Modifying Another Word
- exactly: He ensures that the work cannot be deciphered exactly.
- easily: They can easily decipher the effectiveness of debt solution from the kind of debts that the individual has incurred.
- fully: They are impossible to fully decipher; their ambiguity perhaps is a reminder of one's ephemerality.
- even: You know that most Chinese texts are written so small that the Western mind can hardly even decipher the visual information.
- n't: Many people in the audience found they could n't decipher the words, despite their being in English.
- not: There were many weeks and months when Bletchley Park could not decipher the intercepted messages.
Used with why or when
- what: To help you decipher what was said we have included our own comments.
- which: A multitude of distinct signal transduction pathways have been deciphered which connect G proteins with the ERK cascade.
- who: Walking round the outside of the building, it's entertaining trying to decipher who 's who.
- when: This record is best deciphered when galaxies are close enough that they can be resolved into individual stars.
- why: So I left the screen trying to decipher why.
Preposition: of
code: With the deciphering of human genetic code, man hopes to play the role of the maker of his destiny.
Browse dictionary entries near decipher
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- ‹ decimalize
- ‹ decimalization
- ‹ decimal trading
- ‹ decimal system
- ‹ decimal notation
- ‹ decimal classification
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