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noun

ˈkōd How to pronounce code (audio)
Definition of codenext
as in law
a collection or system of rules of conduct Hammurabi was an ancient king of Babylon with a famous code of laws the tax code

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verb

as in to cipher

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Recent Examples of code
Noun
The incident drew scrutiny from county code enforcement, Matson said. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The best body scrubs are a cheat code to achieving healthy, glowing skin fast. — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
The goal is to help brands big and small build businesses their own way without having to code anything. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 July 2026 Vibe coders and software engineers will run multiple coding agents for hours at a time, racking up monthly bills in the thousands of dollars. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for code
Recent Examples of Synonyms for code
  1. law
  2. cipher
  3. constitution
  4. encode
  5. encrypt
Noun
  • Bonta, New York's Attorney General Letitia James, and 14 other state attorneys filed a lawsuit against TikTok in 2024 for violating consumer protection laws.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Courts in Texas, Louisiana and elsewhere aren’t bound by 10th Circuit precedent and can reach different or even opposite decisions on the exact same questions of law.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of law
Verb
  • The real challenge from AI will likely emerge in the weeks and months ahead as firms cipher through Judge Mehta’s enforcement of behavioral requirements.
    — Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • These remnants, signals from an earlier phase of our human condition, have been endlessly ciphered by generations of archaeologists in the Bears Ears region (which is named for twin buttes near its center).
    — STEPHEN NASH, New York Times, 25 July 2017
Definition of cipher
Noun
  • At the time, Norway’s constitution stipulated that only male heirs could inherit the title.
    — James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The right of women to the ballot was formally made a part of the constitution of the United States today when Secretary of State Colby proclaimed ratification of the nineteenth amendment.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of constitution
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  • As design documentation becomes more structured and machine-readable, organizations may eventually encode not only color, typography and spacing but also content structures, interaction principles and tone boundaries.
    — Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • To avoid easy detection, the font lets publishers increase the underlying chaos by choosing from three different potential mappings for each word replacement, with the ability to encode their own and/or swap mappings from paragraph to paragraph.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of encode
Verb
  • Understand the ransomware risk Ransomware is malicious software that can lock or encrypt your files and then demand payment to restore access.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Satellites need to process data locally, compress it, filter it, encrypt it and determine what should be transmitted.
    — Ben Topor, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of encrypt

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“Code.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/code. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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