deciphers

verb

present tense third-person singular of decipher
1
as in translates
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet

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2
as in understands
to have a clear idea of a convoluted thriller, the plot of which I was never able to actually decipher

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Recent Examples of deciphers Qualcomm’s chip can run Linux, along with Arduino software, and can even do computer vision, which deciphers what a camera sees and translates it into software. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025 With that base knowledge and his opponent’s game tape, Nolan analyzes wide receiver alignments and deciphers the offense's attack. — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 18 Sep. 2025 My body no longer deciphers its signals correctly. — Alaa Alqaisi august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deciphers
  1. translates
  2. understands
  3. breaks
  4. knows
  5. decodes
  6. recognizes
  7. cracks
  8. comprehends
Verb
  • Traditionally, that profile translates to the pros very well.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The tool, introduced two weeks ago, recognizes the language being spoken and translates it to English.
    — Laurie Mermet, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of translates
Verb
  • Early in the first episode, viewers see Sean Combs discussing the importance of media strategy and saying his team needs someone who understands propaganda and media manipulation.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Do not hope everyone magically understands the practical need today.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of understands
Verb
  • The needle goes into the record, and the signal is continuous, and digital, of course, breaks it up into zeros and ones.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Whichever way the debut breaks, the machines run on Nvidia's robot chips and train in Nvidia's simulators, so the intelligence layer collects on every outcome.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of breaks
Verb
  • And who knows about Newcastle, who have lost three crucial players and only really brought in promising youngsters, all of whom will be managed by someone recruited from the Saudi Pro League.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The Beast in Me showrunner Howard Gordon knows there was one scene in the Netflix limited series that was divisive because of its brutality.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of knows
Verb
  • When that marker enters the camera’s field of view, the software detects and decodes it into a unique identity, even at extended distances.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Now, in the journal Nature Neuroscience, a team describes a solution that decodes a person's brain waves to choose which voice their hearing system will amplify.
    — Jon Hamilton, NPR, 14 May 2026
Definition of decodes
Verb
  • If developmental science justifies treating adolescent offenders differently from adults, then that same science should also inform how Connecticut recognizes, protects, and supports adolescent victims.
    — Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Obreht distinguishes herself as a spellbinding writer who recognizes the ways that mythologies bend the truth to dazzle us with stories that capture a larger history.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of recognizes
Verb
  • Pre-fall closes the chapter on summer but cracks one open to fall.
    — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Jessica transforms the betrayal of a generation taught that work would protect them into visceral cinema, where illness cracks the skin while luxury masks collapse.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cracks
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  • In an oppositional reading of a media text, the audience comprehends that the message conflicts with or contradicts their personal experiences of society.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
  • In the end, A Guardian and a Thief is a story that comprehends hunger more deeply than the world that produces it.
    — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025
Definition of comprehends

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