code
/koʊd/
Frequency: 5.08 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9."
- "the mild and impartial spirit which pervades the Code compiled under Canute"
- "The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians."
- "The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals."
- "The ASCII code of "A" is 65."
- "[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: code, cōdex
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /koʊd/
- British English: /kəʊd/