Definition of decipher in English:

decipher

verb dɪˈsʌɪfədəˈsaɪfər

[with object]

1Convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language.
authorized government agencies can decipher encrypted telecommunications
Example sentencesExamples
- Also, judging by the final sentence, it would appear that my amateur attempt at cryptography has been easily deciphered, not that I am overly surprised by that fact…
- It only became public knowledge when MAGIC intelligence decrypts, including a signal from the Japanese attaché in Berlin which was not deciphered until after the war, were declassified in the USA in 1980.
- The relatively simple code used by Mary was quickly deciphered, and translations were provided for Elizabeth.
- It was intercepted and deciphered by Room 40, a predecessor of GCHQ, the Government's top secret listening post, in January 1917.
- A code was typed in and it automatically deciphered itself, forming into a simple set of commands.
- The harbour became so bright none of the signal codes could be deciphered.
- The censor deciphered most of these codes fairly easily, although some of the more subtle ones may have eluded him.
- The catch is that anyone intercepting the key then could decipher all your messages.
- Still, Pepys' shorthand was not deciphered until 1819 by an undergraduate who did not know that in the library Pepys had also left Magdalene was the shorthand primer on which the cipher was based.
- Using actual paintings like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, Brown deciphers hidden codes tucked away inside these great art works by Da Vinci himself.
- This was a key, just as Egyptian hieroglyphics could be deciphered only when the bilingual Rosetta Stone was found.
- Numerous books and television documentaries have chronicled the remarkable work of the team who deciphered the Nazi's Enigma machine.
- "Miguel, can you decipher this code for us? " asked Grace.
- I had to decipher the code so that I could make a counter formula.
- After wireless transmission by Morse code the enciphered message would be typed by the receiver onto an Enigma machine having the same ground setting, the key setting entered, and the text deciphered automatically.
- The code was just being deciphered back then so they did not know what this could mean.
- Just as with any other type of cipher, as long as the recipient knows the key, the process of deciphering an Enigma encrypted message is incredibly simple.
- Three-fourths of the message has already been deciphered, but the remaining fourth has apparently been coded in an entirely different way.
- The content of the info sent is encrypted and couldn't be deciphered as far as I know.
- He had to decipher more than ten lines of code before entering the right password.
Synonyms
decode, decrypt, break, work out, solve, interpret, translate, construe, explain
make sense of, make head or tail of, get to the bottom of, unravel, find the key to, find the answer to, throw light on
informal crack, figure out
British informal twig, suss, suss out
1. 1.1 Succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something)
  with clause visual signals help us decipher what is being communicated
  Example sentencesExamples
  When we assemble a new desk or barbecue grill, she deciphers the directions, I do the actual putting together.
  To go back further will require a few excursions as she delves into parish records, consults family histories and roots around in graveyards deciphering inscriptions on headstones for further clues.
  Have you ever tried deciphering a doctor's prescription that looks like some sort of secret code out of World War II?
  On numerous occasions, I simply could not decipher what the actors were saying.
  Now her great-great nephew, Alan Douglas, has deciphered Lucy's spidery handwriting and, as a labour of love, produced eight copies of the diary.
  New research from myhouseprice.com makes deciphering the Scottish property market no easier.
  The good news is that those with a talent for solving puzzles and deciphering cryptic clues will be in with a chance to win a cash prize and, of course, enjoy plenty of fun and good-humoured banter along the way.
  Two viewings suggest that deciphering the complex, ambiguous plot may not be worth the effort.
  They are able to decipher much of the language spoken to them, but they do not speak it.
  As usual, we put together a panel of market mavens who can decipher today's investment climate.
  A child who reads with expression is grasping the larger meaning, while a child who reads in a monotone is putting all his effort into deciphering the individual words and may be missing the story.
  He stared at her, trying to decipher the meaning behind her words.
  Those deciphering the symbolic meaning behind the painting say it has cast a new light on the life of Burlington.
  Just as the human genome project succeeded in deciphering the code in human DNA, scientists now believe we must seek to identify the components of the very life base of the planet.
  "It took me a week to decipher his handwriting, " Kilpatrick says.
  Spend a couple of hours in the Auld Kirk graveyard deciphering each gravestone, building up a picture of local people's lives.
  Be prepared to spend some time deciphering the menu, which consists of at least forty confusing photos of fruits and nuts in various stages of preparation.
  I wrote these words in the dark and it was often a struggle to decipher the scrawl which resulted.
  Such success might seem strange, given that few people outside of ivory towers have even heard of Foucault, but Duncker's novel isn't some dry academic text that needs to be painstakingly deciphered.
  Whatever actually occurred, the Court is now faced with the daunting task of deciphering their submissions.
  Synonyms
  make out, discern, perceive, see, read, follow, fathom, penetrate, make sense of, interpret, understand, comprehend, apprehend, grasp
  untangle, disentangle, sort out, piece together

Derivatives

decipherable

adjective dɪˈsʌɪf(ə)rəb(ə)ldəˈsaɪf(ə)rəb(ə)l

These are then passed on in a kind of coded fashion which, while instantly decipherable to other journalists, is not always so clear to readers.
Example sentencesExamples
- The pages were barely readable, let alone decipherable.
- His handwriting was barely decipherable.
- This sound or ‘voice’ is modulated and modified by structures like the lips, tongue and palate to produce decipherable speech.
- The Dolby Digital Stereo preserves all the dialogue and makes even the most whispered conversation clear and easily decipherable.

decipherment

noun dɪˈsʌɪfəm(ə)ntdəˈsaɪfərmənt

Already in the nineteenth century, the recovery and decipherment of writings from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia had caused an immense public stir.
Example sentencesExamples
- We have very few photographs of the artist, so every one of them becomes precious and open to decipherment.
- The decipherment of the Egyptian script was underway.
- It was only with the discovery and decipherment of clay tablets from Mesopotamia that their existence was ‘re-discovered.’
- The program dealt with the decipherment of a long-lost manuscript of Archimedes entitled ‘On the Method of Mechanical Theorems.’

Origin

Early 16th century: from de- (expressing reversal) + cipher¹, on the pattern of French déchiffrer.

Definition of decipher in US English:

decipher

verbdəˈsaɪfərdəˈsīfər

[with object]

1Convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language.
enable the government to decipher coded computer transmissions
Example sentencesExamples
- After wireless transmission by Morse code the enciphered message would be typed by the receiver onto an Enigma machine having the same ground setting, the key setting entered, and the text deciphered automatically.
- I had to decipher the code so that I could make a counter formula.
- It only became public knowledge when MAGIC intelligence decrypts, including a signal from the Japanese attaché in Berlin which was not deciphered until after the war, were declassified in the USA in 1980.
- "Miguel, can you decipher this code for us? " asked Grace.
- Just as with any other type of cipher, as long as the recipient knows the key, the process of deciphering an Enigma encrypted message is incredibly simple.
- The content of the info sent is encrypted and couldn't be deciphered as far as I know.
- The code was just being deciphered back then so they did not know what this could mean.
- The censor deciphered most of these codes fairly easily, although some of the more subtle ones may have eluded him.
- He had to decipher more than ten lines of code before entering the right password.
- The harbour became so bright none of the signal codes could be deciphered.
- Still, Pepys' shorthand was not deciphered until 1819 by an undergraduate who did not know that in the library Pepys had also left Magdalene was the shorthand primer on which the cipher was based.
- A code was typed in and it automatically deciphered itself, forming into a simple set of commands.
- The relatively simple code used by Mary was quickly deciphered, and translations were provided for Elizabeth.
- Using actual paintings like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, Brown deciphers hidden codes tucked away inside these great art works by Da Vinci himself.
- Also, judging by the final sentence, it would appear that my amateur attempt at cryptography has been easily deciphered, not that I am overly surprised by that fact…
- The catch is that anyone intercepting the key then could decipher all your messages.
- Three-fourths of the message has already been deciphered, but the remaining fourth has apparently been coded in an entirely different way.
- It was intercepted and deciphered by Room 40, a predecessor of GCHQ, the Government's top secret listening post, in January 1917.
- This was a key, just as Egyptian hieroglyphics could be deciphered only when the bilingual Rosetta Stone was found.
- Numerous books and television documentaries have chronicled the remarkable work of the team who deciphered the Nazi's Enigma machine.
Synonyms
decode, decrypt, break, work out, solve, interpret, translate, construe, explain
1. 1.1 Succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something)
  an expression she could not decipher came and went upon his face
  Example sentencesExamples
  When we assemble a new desk or barbecue grill, she deciphers the directions, I do the actual putting together.
  Spend a couple of hours in the Auld Kirk graveyard deciphering each gravestone, building up a picture of local people's lives.
  Whatever actually occurred, the Court is now faced with the daunting task of deciphering their submissions.
  A child who reads with expression is grasping the larger meaning, while a child who reads in a monotone is putting all his effort into deciphering the individual words and may be missing the story.
  As usual, we put together a panel of market mavens who can decipher today's investment climate.
  To go back further will require a few excursions as she delves into parish records, consults family histories and roots around in graveyards deciphering inscriptions on headstones for further clues.
  Be prepared to spend some time deciphering the menu, which consists of at least forty confusing photos of fruits and nuts in various stages of preparation.
  They are able to decipher much of the language spoken to them, but they do not speak it.
  On numerous occasions, I simply could not decipher what the actors were saying.
  The good news is that those with a talent for solving puzzles and deciphering cryptic clues will be in with a chance to win a cash prize and, of course, enjoy plenty of fun and good-humoured banter along the way.
  Have you ever tried deciphering a doctor's prescription that looks like some sort of secret code out of World War II?
  Two viewings suggest that deciphering the complex, ambiguous plot may not be worth the effort.
  Now her great-great nephew, Alan Douglas, has deciphered Lucy's spidery handwriting and, as a labour of love, produced eight copies of the diary.
  I wrote these words in the dark and it was often a struggle to decipher the scrawl which resulted.
  Just as the human genome project succeeded in deciphering the code in human DNA, scientists now believe we must seek to identify the components of the very life base of the planet.
  He stared at her, trying to decipher the meaning behind her words.
  "It took me a week to decipher his handwriting, " Kilpatrick says.
  New research from myhouseprice.com makes deciphering the Scottish property market no easier.
  Such success might seem strange, given that few people outside of ivory towers have even heard of Foucault, but Duncker's novel isn't some dry academic text that needs to be painstakingly deciphered.
  Those deciphering the symbolic meaning behind the painting say it has cast a new light on the life of Burlington.
  Synonyms
  make out, discern, perceive, see, read, follow, fathom, penetrate, make sense of, interpret, understand, comprehend, apprehend, grasp

Origin

Early 16th century: from de- (expressing reversal) + cipher, on the pattern of French déchiffrer.

单词	decipher
释义	Definition of decipher in English: decipher verb dɪˈsʌɪfədəˈsaɪfər [with object] 1Convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language. authorized government agencies can decipher encrypted telecommunications Example sentencesExamples Also, judging by the final sentence, it would appear that my amateur attempt at cryptography has been easily deciphered, not that I am overly surprised by that fact… It only became public knowledge when MAGIC intelligence decrypts, including a signal from the Japanese attaché in Berlin which was not deciphered until after the war, were declassified in the USA in 1980. The relatively simple code used by Mary was quickly deciphered, and translations were provided for Elizabeth. It was intercepted and deciphered by Room 40, a predecessor of GCHQ, the Government's top secret listening post, in January 1917. A code was typed in and it automatically deciphered itself, forming into a simple set of commands. The harbour became so bright none of the signal codes could be deciphered. The censor deciphered most of these codes fairly easily, although some of the more subtle ones may have eluded him. The catch is that anyone intercepting the key then could decipher all your messages. Still, Pepys' shorthand was not deciphered until 1819 by an undergraduate who did not know that in the library Pepys had also left Magdalene was the shorthand primer on which the cipher was based. Using actual paintings like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, Brown deciphers hidden codes tucked away inside these great art works by Da Vinci himself. This was a key, just as Egyptian hieroglyphics could be deciphered only when the bilingual Rosetta Stone was found. Numerous books and television documentaries have chronicled the remarkable work of the team who deciphered the Nazi's Enigma machine. "Miguel, can you decipher this code for us? " asked Grace. I had to decipher the code so that I could make a counter formula. After wireless transmission by Morse code the enciphered message would be typed by the receiver onto an Enigma machine having the same ground setting, the key setting entered, and the text deciphered automatically. The code was just being deciphered back then so they did not know what this could mean. Just as with any other type of cipher, as long as the recipient knows the key, the process of deciphering an Enigma encrypted message is incredibly simple. Three-fourths of the message has already been deciphered, but the remaining fourth has apparently been coded in an entirely different way. The content of the info sent is encrypted and couldn't be deciphered as far as I know. He had to decipher more than ten lines of code before entering the right password. Synonyms decode, decrypt, break, work out, solve, interpret, translate, construe, explain make sense of, make head or tail of, get to the bottom of, unravel, find the key to, find the answer to, throw light on informal crack, figure out British informal twig, suss, suss out 1.1 Succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something) with clause visual signals help us decipher what is being communicated Example sentencesExamples When we assemble a new desk or barbecue grill, she deciphers the directions, I do the actual putting together. To go back further will require a few excursions as she delves into parish records, consults family histories and roots around in graveyards deciphering inscriptions on headstones for further clues. Have you ever tried deciphering a doctor's prescription that looks like some sort of secret code out of World War II? On numerous occasions, I simply could not decipher what the actors were saying. Now her great-great nephew, Alan Douglas, has deciphered Lucy's spidery handwriting and, as a labour of love, produced eight copies of the diary. New research from myhouseprice.com makes deciphering the Scottish property market no easier. The good news is that those with a talent for solving puzzles and deciphering cryptic clues will be in with a chance to win a cash prize and, of course, enjoy plenty of fun and good-humoured banter along the way. Two viewings suggest that deciphering the complex, ambiguous plot may not be worth the effort. They are able to decipher much of the language spoken to them, but they do not speak it. As usual, we put together a panel of market mavens who can decipher today's investment climate. A child who reads with expression is grasping the larger meaning, while a child who reads in a monotone is putting all his effort into deciphering the individual words and may be missing the story. He stared at her, trying to decipher the meaning behind her words. Those deciphering the symbolic meaning behind the painting say it has cast a new light on the life of Burlington. Just as the human genome project succeeded in deciphering the code in human DNA, scientists now believe we must seek to identify the components of the very life base of the planet. "It took me a week to decipher his handwriting, " Kilpatrick says. Spend a couple of hours in the Auld Kirk graveyard deciphering each gravestone, building up a picture of local people's lives. Be prepared to spend some time deciphering the menu, which consists of at least forty confusing photos of fruits and nuts in various stages of preparation. I wrote these words in the dark and it was often a struggle to decipher the scrawl which resulted. Such success might seem strange, given that few people outside of ivory towers have even heard of Foucault, but Duncker's novel isn't some dry academic text that needs to be painstakingly deciphered. Whatever actually occurred, the Court is now faced with the daunting task of deciphering their submissions. Synonyms make out, discern, perceive, see, read, follow, fathom, penetrate, make sense of, interpret, understand, comprehend, apprehend, grasp untangle, disentangle, sort out, piece together Derivatives decipherable adjective dɪˈsʌɪf(ə)rəb(ə)ldəˈsaɪf(ə)rəb(ə)l These are then passed on in a kind of coded fashion which, while instantly decipherable to other journalists, is not always so clear to readers. Example sentencesExamples The pages were barely readable, let alone decipherable. His handwriting was barely decipherable. This sound or ‘voice’ is modulated and modified by structures like the lips, tongue and palate to produce decipherable speech. The Dolby Digital Stereo preserves all the dialogue and makes even the most whispered conversation clear and easily decipherable. decipherment noun dɪˈsʌɪfəm(ə)ntdəˈsaɪfərmənt Already in the nineteenth century, the recovery and decipherment of writings from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia had caused an immense public stir. Example sentencesExamples We have very few photographs of the artist, so every one of them becomes precious and open to decipherment. The decipherment of the Egyptian script was underway. It was only with the discovery and decipherment of clay tablets from Mesopotamia that their existence was ‘re-discovered.’ The program dealt with the decipherment of a long-lost manuscript of Archimedes entitled ‘On the Method of Mechanical Theorems.’ Origin Early 16th century: from de- (expressing reversal) + cipher¹, on the pattern of French déchiffrer. Definition of decipher in US English: decipher verbdəˈsaɪfərdəˈsīfər [with object] 1Convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language. enable the government to decipher coded computer transmissions Example sentencesExamples After wireless transmission by Morse code the enciphered message would be typed by the receiver onto an Enigma machine having the same ground setting, the key setting entered, and the text deciphered automatically. I had to decipher the code so that I could make a counter formula. It only became public knowledge when MAGIC intelligence decrypts, including a signal from the Japanese attaché in Berlin which was not deciphered until after the war, were declassified in the USA in 1980. "Miguel, can you decipher this code for us? " asked Grace. Just as with any other type of cipher, as long as the recipient knows the key, the process of deciphering an Enigma encrypted message is incredibly simple. The content of the info sent is encrypted and couldn't be deciphered as far as I know. The code was just being deciphered back then so they did not know what this could mean. The censor deciphered most of these codes fairly easily, although some of the more subtle ones may have eluded him. He had to decipher more than ten lines of code before entering the right password. The harbour became so bright none of the signal codes could be deciphered. Still, Pepys' shorthand was not deciphered until 1819 by an undergraduate who did not know that in the library Pepys had also left Magdalene was the shorthand primer on which the cipher was based. A code was typed in and it automatically deciphered itself, forming into a simple set of commands. The relatively simple code used by Mary was quickly deciphered, and translations were provided for Elizabeth. Using actual paintings like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, Brown deciphers hidden codes tucked away inside these great art works by Da Vinci himself. Also, judging by the final sentence, it would appear that my amateur attempt at cryptography has been easily deciphered, not that I am overly surprised by that fact… The catch is that anyone intercepting the key then could decipher all your messages. Three-fourths of the message has already been deciphered, but the remaining fourth has apparently been coded in an entirely different way. It was intercepted and deciphered by Room 40, a predecessor of GCHQ, the Government's top secret listening post, in January 1917. This was a key, just as Egyptian hieroglyphics could be deciphered only when the bilingual Rosetta Stone was found. Numerous books and television documentaries have chronicled the remarkable work of the team who deciphered the Nazi's Enigma machine. Synonyms decode, decrypt, break, work out, solve, interpret, translate, construe, explain 1.1 Succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something) an expression she could not decipher came and went upon his face Example sentencesExamples When we assemble a new desk or barbecue grill, she deciphers the directions, I do the actual putting together. Spend a couple of hours in the Auld Kirk graveyard deciphering each gravestone, building up a picture of local people's lives. Whatever actually occurred, the Court is now faced with the daunting task of deciphering their submissions. A child who reads with expression is grasping the larger meaning, while a child who reads in a monotone is putting all his effort into deciphering the individual words and may be missing the story. As usual, we put together a panel of market mavens who can decipher today's investment climate. To go back further will require a few excursions as she delves into parish records, consults family histories and roots around in graveyards deciphering inscriptions on headstones for further clues. Be prepared to spend some time deciphering the menu, which consists of at least forty confusing photos of fruits and nuts in various stages of preparation. They are able to decipher much of the language spoken to them, but they do not speak it. On numerous occasions, I simply could not decipher what the actors were saying. The good news is that those with a talent for solving puzzles and deciphering cryptic clues will be in with a chance to win a cash prize and, of course, enjoy plenty of fun and good-humoured banter along the way. Have you ever tried deciphering a doctor's prescription that looks like some sort of secret code out of World War II? Two viewings suggest that deciphering the complex, ambiguous plot may not be worth the effort. Now her great-great nephew, Alan Douglas, has deciphered Lucy's spidery handwriting and, as a labour of love, produced eight copies of the diary. I wrote these words in the dark and it was often a struggle to decipher the scrawl which resulted. Just as the human genome project succeeded in deciphering the code in human DNA, scientists now believe we must seek to identify the components of the very life base of the planet. He stared at her, trying to decipher the meaning behind her words. "It took me a week to decipher his handwriting, " Kilpatrick says. New research from myhouseprice.com makes deciphering the Scottish property market no easier. Such success might seem strange, given that few people outside of ivory towers have even heard of Foucault, but Duncker's novel isn't some dry academic text that needs to be painstakingly deciphered. Those deciphering the symbolic meaning behind the painting say it has cast a new light on the life of Burlington. Synonyms make out, discern, perceive, see, read, follow, fathom, penetrate, make sense of, interpret, understand, comprehend, apprehend, grasp Origin Early 16th century: from de- (expressing reversal) + cipher, on the pattern of French déchiffrer.
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