decipher — Englisches Wörterbuch

Verb

1. To convert a code or cipher to plain text.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Synonyme

   decodedecryptuncode

   Antonyme

   encipherencodeencrypt

2. To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

3. To make sense of a complex situation.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Beispiele

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   Truly, we need human infirmity to teach us human nature, and that to Louis had been as a sealed book; he had only seen the coloured and gilded outside: too late he had to decipher the rough and gloomy page within.

4. To find a solution to a problem.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Synonyme

   resolveunriddlework out

Substantiv

1. A decipherment; a decoding.

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   I enclose a letter which I received yesterday evening from the Marques de Monsalud, containing the decipher of a letter from the King to the Comte d'Erlon. I wish that the Marques had sent the ciphered letter here […]

Verb

1. convert code into ordinary language

   Synonyme

   decodedecrypt

   Oberbegriffe

   rewrite

2. read with difficulty

   Synonyme

   trace

   Oberbegriffe

   read

   Beispiele

   Can you decipher this letter?

   The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs