decipher

dɪˈsaɪfər
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Translation of decipher from English into Dutch

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Verb

tr.
1.

understanding

understand a complex or confusing situation
  • They needed to decipher the confusing instructions.Ze moesten de verwarrende instructies ontcijferen.
2.

reading

read text that is difficult to understand
  • He tried to decipher the ancient manuscript.Hij probeerde het oude manuscript te ontcijferen.
3.

code

TECH.
convert coded information into plain text
TECH.
  • She managed to decipher the secret message.Ze slaagde erin het geheime bericht te ontcijferen.
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Synonyms and analogies of decipher in English

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.

Translations of "decipher" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Verb
ontcijferenv.

She tried to decipher the hidden message in the ancient script.

Ze probeerde de verborgen boodschap in het oude schrift te ontcijferen.

ontrafelenv.

Scientists work hard to decipher the mysteries of the universe.

Wetenschappers doen hun best om de raadsels van het universum te ontrafelen.

begrijpenv.

We've got some information, but we can't decipher it.

We hebben hier informatie, maar we begrijpen er niets van.

krakenv.

There are encryptions we can't decipher.

De codering ervan kunnen we niet kraken.

ontraadselenv.

I can't even decipher what's in it.

Ik kan zelfs niet ontraadselen wat erin zit.

Noun
ontcijferingnf.

He needs me to decipher the inscription.

Hij heeft me nodig voor die ontcijfering.

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decipher: Examples and translations in context

They exchanged muttering messages that no one else could decipher.

Ze wisselden gemompelde berichten uit die niemand anders kon ontcijferen.

He struggled to decipher the handwriting on the old letter.

Hij had moeite om het handschrift in de oude brief te ontcijferen.

The students learned to decipher difficult texts during their language class.

De studenten leerden tijdens de les hoe ze moeilijke teksten konden ontcijferen.

His handwriting was so poor it seemed inaccessible to decipher.

Zijn handschrift was zó slecht dat het haast niet te ontcijferen viel.

Only experts can decipher the complex symbols carved on the stone.

Alleen deskundigen kunnen de ingewikkelde symbolen op de steen ontcijferen.

Her cursive writing became so unreadable nobody could decipher it.

Haar schrijfschrift werd zo onleesbaar dat niemand het nog kon ontcijferen.

They needed a codebreaker to decipher the intercepted radio transmissions.

Ze hadden een codekraker nodig om de onderschepte radioberichten te ontcijferen.

He handed me a scribbling note that was almost impossible to decipher.

Hij gaf me een krakkemikkig gekrabbeld briefje dat bijna niet te ontcijferen was.

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