ontcijferen — meaning in English

English meaning

• decipher verb To work out the meaning of a code, unclear handwriting, or a confusing situation.
• decode verb To convert something coded or encrypted back into ordinary, understandable form.
• decrypt verb To convert an encrypted or coded message back into readable, plain form.

Senses

ontcijferen is used for these senses in English:

• decipher (transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.
• decode To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
• decrypt (transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
• figure out (informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
• make sense (intransitive, idiomatic, with of) To decipher or understand.

decode — full definition

1. verb To convert something coded or encrypted back into ordinary, understandable form.
2. verb To work out the meaning of something confusing or unclear.

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