Definition of decipher - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
understandingunderstand a complex or confusing situation
- They needed to decipher the confusing instructions.
2.
readingread text that is difficult to understand
- He tried to decipher the ancient manuscript.
3.
codeTECH. convert coded information into plain textTECH.
- She managed to decipher the secret message.
Origin of decipher
Latin, decipherare (to decode)
Terms with decipher included in their meaning
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comprehension
understand or decipher something
indecipherable
difficult to read or decipher
historical artifact
stone that helped decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics
deciphering
decipher or break a secret code or system
hard to read
difficult to decipher or read
complexity
difficult to understand or decipher
hard to read
quality of being difficult to read or decipher
Examples of decipher in a sentence
Scientists worked to decipher the ancient script. She managed to decipher his messy handwriting. The code was too complex to decipher quickly. He had to decipher the ancient script. The computer can decipher encrypted files quickly.
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- French:déchiffrer, décoder, ...
- German:entziffern, dekodieren, ...
- Italian:decifrare, decrittare, ...
- Spanish:descifrar, leer, ...
- Portuguese:decifrar, interpretar, ...
- Chinese:理解, 解读, ...
- Japanese:解読する, 判読する, ...
- Arabic:فَهِمَ, فك شفرة, ...
- Hebrew:לְפַעְנֵחַ, ...
- Russian:разобраться, разобрать, ...
- Ukrainian:розібратися, розшифрувати, ...
- Hindi:समझ पाना, समझना, ...
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