decrypt
verb /diːˈkrɪpt/
/diːˈkrɪpt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they decrypt | /diːˈkrɪpt/ /diːˈkrɪpt/ |
| he / she / it decrypts | /diːˈkrɪpts/ /diːˈkrɪpts/ |
| past simple decrypted | /diːˈkrɪptɪd/ /diːˈkrɪptɪd/ |
| past participle decrypted | /diːˈkrɪptɪd/ /diːˈkrɪptɪd/ |
| -ing form decrypting | /diːˈkrɪptɪŋ/ /diːˈkrɪptɪŋ/ |
- decrypt something to change information that is in code into ordinary language so that it can be understood by anyone opposite encryptOxford Collocations DictionaryDecrypt is used with these nouns as the object:
- message
Word Origin1930s: from de- (expressing reversal) + crypt as in encrypt.