1
as in to decipher
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
as in to understand
to have a clear idea of
I was never able to decode the strange relationship that existed between those two people
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This includes items like the IGP, the display controller, multimedia engines for decoding and encoding content, PCIe 5.0 lanes, USB controllers, and other resources that are essential to operating the processor.
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Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 24 July 2024
Like decoding an old recipe, the team put all the information from the list and their reference materials together to draw up a plan.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 July 2024
The mother-daughter duo film their conversations — which can range from decoding teenage slang to the viral generation challenge — and put them up on TikTok and Instagram.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
But obtaining and decoding the budgets involved persistence, said Nicolle Fefferman, a parent and teacher who helped organize the effort.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
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Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 24 July 2024
Like decoding an old recipe, the team put all the information from the list and their reference materials together to draw up a plan.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 July 2024
The mother-daughter duo film their conversations — which can range from decoding teenage slang to the viral generation challenge — and put them up on TikTok and Instagram.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
But obtaining and decoding the budgets involved persistence, said Nicolle Fefferman, a parent and teacher who helped organize the effort.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
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“Decode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decode. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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