codify

ˈkoʊdɪfaɪ

codifiedcodifies

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Definition of codify - Reverso English Dictionary

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tr.

organizationorganize information into a clear and ordered system

The librarian codified the books by genre.

organize

systematize

legalarrange laws or rules into a systematic code

The government decided to codify the new regulations.

organize

systematize

governmentenact rules as official laws

The council codified the new traffic laws.

formalize

legislate

systematize

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Origin of codify

Latin, codex (book) + -ify (to make)

Examples of codify in a sentence

Efforts to codify the rules were successful.
They worked to codify the local statutes.
Efforts to codify the guidelines were underway.
Parliament voted to codify the safety standards.
The state codified protections for tenants.

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French:codifier, systématiser, ...
German:kodifizieren, gesetzlich festschreiben, ...
Italian:codificare, legiferare, ...
Spanish:codificar, organizar, ...
Portuguese:codificar, consagrar, ...
Chinese:整理, 汇编, ...
Japanese:整理する, 成文化する, ...
Arabic:قَنَّنَ, سَنَّ, ...
Hebrew:לְקַטְלֵג, לְקַבֵּץ לְקוֹדֶקְס, ...
Russian:систематизировать, кодифицировать, ...
Ukrainian:систематизувати, узаконювати, ...
Hindi:क्रमबद्ध करना, संहिताबद्ध करना, ...
Bengali:সুশৃঙ্খলভাবে বিন্যস্ত করা, সংহত করা, ...
Catalan:sistematitzar, codificar, ...
Czech:kodifikovat, systematizovat, ...
Danish:systematisere, kodificere, ...
Dutch:codificeren, vastleggen, ...
Greek:κωδικοποιώ, θεσπίζω, ...
Hungarian:rendszerezni, kódexbe foglalni, ...
Khmer:រៀបចំជាប្រព័ន្ធ, ចងក្រងជាក្រម, ...
Korean:분류하다, 법전으로 정리하다, ...
Persian:دسته‌بندی کردن, مدون کردن, ...
Polish:systematyzować, skodyfikować, ...
Portuguese (BR):codificar, instituir, ...
Romanian:a codifica, a legifera, ...
Swedish:kodifiera, lagfästa, ...
Thai:จัดระบบ, ประมวล, ...
Turkish:sistemleştirmek, yasalaştırmak, ...
Vietnamese:hệ thống hóa, pháp điển hóa, ...

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