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1
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language
- the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy
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2
to have a clear idea of
- I was never able to decode the strange relationship that existed between those two people
Synonyms for decode
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- assimilate,
- behold,
- catch,
- catch on (to),
- cognize,
- compass,
- comprehend,
- conceive,
- cotton (to or on to),
- decipher,
- dig,
- discern,
- get,
- grasp,
- grok,
- intuit,
- know,
- make,
- make out,
- perceive,
- recognize,
- register,
- savvy,
- see,
- seize,
- sense,
- tumble (to),
- twig,
- understand
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The first known use of decode was in 1896
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