Decipher
verb
To find hidden meaning or to understand something not clear.
The detective was able to decipher the coded message left by the criminal.
Often appears as...
- decipher a code
- decipher a message
verb
To read or make out written text that is hard to read.
The teacher found it difficult to decipher the student's handwriting.
Often appears as...
- decipher handwriting
- decipher a document
verb
To convert (text in code or another language) into understandable form.
He deciphered the German document into English.
Often appears as...
- decipher code
- decipher text
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To find hidden meaning or to understand something not clear.
The detective was able to decipher the coded message left by the criminal.
Often appears as...
- decipher a code
- decipher a message
verb
To read or make out written text that is hard to read.
The teacher found it difficult to decipher the student's handwriting.
Often appears as...
- decipher handwriting
- decipher a document
verb
To convert (text in code or another language) into understandable form.
He deciphered the German document into English.
Often appears as...
- decipher code
- decipher text
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Hidden Meanings
Use 'decipher' when figuring out something not immediately obvious or hidden in complexity.
She had to decipher his vague hints to understand he liked her.
Pro Tip 2/3Problem Solving
Think of 'decipher' when you solve puzzles or complex problems that require interpretation.
To win the game, we must decipher the sequence of symbols.
Pro Tip 3/3Coded Messages
'Decipher' is often used in the context of secretive or coded communications.
The spies used a special machine to decipher enemy transmissions.
Pro Tip 1/3Hidden Meanings
Use 'decipher' when figuring out something not immediately obvious or hidden in complexity.
She had to decipher his vague hints to understand he liked her.
Pro Tip 2/3Problem Solving
Think of 'decipher' when you solve puzzles or complex problems that require interpretation.
To win the game, we must decipher the sequence of symbols.
Pro Tip 3/3Coded Messages
'Decipher' is often used in the context of secretive or coded communications.
The spies used a special machine to decipher enemy transmissions.
Pro Tip 1/3Hidden Meanings
Use 'decipher' when figuring out something not immediately obvious or hidden in complexity.
She had to decipher his vague hints to understand he liked her.
Pro Tip 2/3Problem Solving
Think of 'decipher' when you solve puzzles or complex problems that require interpretation.
To win the game, we must decipher the sequence of symbols.
Pro Tip 3/3Coded Messages
'Decipher' is often used in the context of secretive or coded communications.
The spies used a special machine to decipher enemy transmissions.
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Video examples
Rajesh Rao: Computing a...
Perhaps they're the name of the sender or some information about the goods that are being sent from one place to the other -- we don't know. We need to decipher the script to answer that question. Deciphering the script is not just an intellectual puzzle; it's actually become a question that's become deeply intertwined
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
wildlife in the interior denominators eart and most of the time you have to be content with deciphering tracks like these of a cape fox making its way up a dune or the slithers of a snake winding its way through the sand most of the desert small creatures may scribble tracks on the sand surface at night but
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Are you challenging...
the moon deciphering the human genome democracy so I'm the guy who does Iron Man's over and over again and loves it and I see my kids loving it too and it Orient's them thanks dad but it's not the times that's most important to me or my place it's that I have a license to inspire other people to do the
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Infinity according to...
The last man turns out to be a tenacious old priest who spends years memorizing and deciphering the jaguar’s spots, culminating in an epiphany where he finally understands the god’s message. Imprisoned deep underground, he has no one to share this meaning with,
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Saki Mafundikwa:...
these inscriptions -- research is still going on, a few of them have been deciphered, but there is consensus among scholars that this is really humanity's first alphabet. Over here, you see a paleographic chart that shows what has been deciphered so far,
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Michael Moschen:...
Does it really have anything to do with anything in my life? You know, I can't decipher -- is it fun? Is it challenging? Am I supposed to cheat? You know, what are you supposed to do? You've got somebody up here who is the operative principle
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Should we be looking for...
there's a possibility that they could decipher the clues from the golden record and one day reach our planet. That's particularly true if theirs is a much more technologically advanced civilization. That life could be benevolent,
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How (and why) Russia...
It's this new brand of state-sponsored information operations that can be that much more successful, more insidious, and harder for the target audience -- that includes the media -- to decipher and characterize.
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The Key to Media's...
We all have to know red equals stop, green means go, for the system to work. Otherwise it would be chaos. Secondly, codes are made meaningful by their context. We can't fully interpret or decipher a code
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Why Dogs Stick Their...
world around the bush predictably most are about food forty times more of their brain than ours is diluted to deciphering smells the men are those with special
Video examples
Rajesh Rao: Computing a...
Perhaps they're the name of the sender or some information about the goods that are being sent from one place to the other -- we don't know. We need to decipher the script to answer that question. Deciphering the script is not just an intellectual puzzle; it's actually become a question that's become deeply intertwined
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
wildlife in the interior denominators eart and most of the time you have to be content with deciphering tracks like these of a cape fox making its way up a dune or the slithers of a snake winding its way through the sand most of the desert small creatures may scribble tracks on the sand surface at night but
Video examples
Are you challenging...
the moon deciphering the human genome democracy so I'm the guy who does Iron Man's over and over again and loves it and I see my kids loving it too and it Orient's them thanks dad but it's not the times that's most important to me or my place it's that I have a license to inspire other people to do the
Video examples
Infinity according to...
The last man turns out to be a tenacious old priest who spends years memorizing and deciphering the jaguar’s spots, culminating in an epiphany where he finally understands the god’s message. Imprisoned deep underground, he has no one to share this meaning with,
Video examples
Saki Mafundikwa:...
these inscriptions -- research is still going on, a few of them have been deciphered, but there is consensus among scholars that this is really humanity's first alphabet. Over here, you see a paleographic chart that shows what has been deciphered so far,
Video examples
Michael Moschen:...
Does it really have anything to do with anything in my life? You know, I can't decipher -- is it fun? Is it challenging? Am I supposed to cheat? You know, what are you supposed to do? You've got somebody up here who is the operative principle
Video examples
Should we be looking for...
there's a possibility that they could decipher the clues from the golden record and one day reach our planet. That's particularly true if theirs is a much more technologically advanced civilization. That life could be benevolent,
Video examples
How (and why) Russia...
It's this new brand of state-sponsored information operations that can be that much more successful, more insidious, and harder for the target audience -- that includes the media -- to decipher and characterize.
Video examples
The Key to Media's...
We all have to know red equals stop, green means go, for the system to work. Otherwise it would be chaos. Secondly, codes are made meaningful by their context. We can't fully interpret or decipher a code
Video examples
Why Dogs Stick Their...
world around the bush predictably most are about food forty times more of their brain than ours is diluted to deciphering smells the men are those with special
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Quote examples
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
American Actor
I'm an infant with Shakespeare; I'm kind of learning how to walk. I am trying to decipher the code, you know? I do my research. And I get a clear understanding of what the language is. It is a tremendous process I have to go through as I am sure all actors do, finding the gems hidden in his language.
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Caris LeVert
American Basketball Player
Getting into the paint is easy. Seeing if the help comes is easy - they either come or they don't. The hard part for me is seeing early where it's coming from and when - and if I can still finish, or if I should pass it off. Deciphering all that without overcomplicating it has been a challenge.
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Pras Michel
Haitian Musician
I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end.
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Zoe Wanamaker
American Actress
I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.
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Camila Morrone
Argentinian Actress
Everyone tries to decipher what I write as if there's a hidden message and I'm like, 'There's no hidden message.' I don't even put that much energy into things. I wish I did.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.
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Romesh Gunesekera
Sri Lankan Author
I find anonymous music frees me best. Chinese pop can be perfect. I can't decipher anything on the CD label; there is nothing I can hang on to.
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Gregory Stock
American Scientist
As we decipher our biology and learn to modify and adjust it, we are learning to modify ourselves - and we will do so. No laws will stop this.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Abstraction is one of the greatest visionary tools ever invented by human beings to imagine, decipher, and depict the world.
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Spike Jonze
American Director
I'm always amazed when any actor can decipher my direction.
Quote examples
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
American Actor
I'm an infant with Shakespeare; I'm kind of learning how to walk. I am trying to decipher the code, you know? I do my research. And I get a clear understanding of what the language is. It is a tremendous process I have to go through as I am sure all actors do, finding the gems hidden in his language.
Quote examples
Caris LeVert
American Basketball Player
Getting into the paint is easy. Seeing if the help comes is easy - they either come or they don't. The hard part for me is seeing early where it's coming from and when - and if I can still finish, or if I should pass it off. Deciphering all that without overcomplicating it has been a challenge.
Quote examples
Pras Michel
Haitian Musician
I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end.
Quote examples
Zoe Wanamaker
American Actress
I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.
Quote examples
Camila Morrone
Argentinian Actress
Everyone tries to decipher what I write as if there's a hidden message and I'm like, 'There's no hidden message.' I don't even put that much energy into things. I wish I did.
Quote examples
Lady Gaga
American Singer
I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.
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Romesh Gunesekera
Sri Lankan Author
I find anonymous music frees me best. Chinese pop can be perfect. I can't decipher anything on the CD label; there is nothing I can hang on to.
Quote examples
Gregory Stock
American Scientist
As we decipher our biology and learn to modify and adjust it, we are learning to modify ourselves - and we will do so. No laws will stop this.
Quote examples
Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Abstraction is one of the greatest visionary tools ever invented by human beings to imagine, decipher, and depict the world.
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Spike Jonze
American Director
I'm always amazed when any actor can decipher my direction.
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