code
A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it representsA short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
» This code wasn't written very well.
Цей код не було дуже добре написано.
Meaning
13 senses(countable, uncountable)A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.
кодkod
кодkod
(countable, uncountable)A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
Kodex, Gesetzbuch
ко́дексkódɛks, уста́вustáv
ко́дексkódeks
a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
(countable, uncountable)Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.
The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.
Kodex
ко́дексkódɛks
ко́дексkódeks
(countable, uncountable)A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
(countable, synecdoche, uncountable)A codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
The ASCII code of "A" is 65.
(countable, uncountable)A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
(countable, uncountable)A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
кодkod, шифрšifr
кодkod, шифрšyfr
(uncountable)Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
Object-oriented C++ code is easier to understand for a human than C code.
I wrote some code to reformat text documents.
Code, Kode
кодkod
кодkod
(countable, uncountable)A program.
(countable, uncountable)A particular lect or language variety.
(countable, uncountable)An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.
girl code
Examples
321 sentencesThis code wasn't written very well.
Цей код не було дуже добре написано.
Why is my code not working?
Чому мій код не працює?
ruПочему мой код не работает?
This code needs to be rewritten.
Цей код треба переписати.
ruЭтот код надо переписать.
Don't forget to write the zip code.
Не забудь указати індекс.
ruНе забудь написать индекс.
deVergiss nicht, die Postleitzahl anzugeben!
What's your zip code?
Який твій поштовий індекс?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from LFrom Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of codex.
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Forms
plural: codesSynonyms
2 synonyms- (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions:computer code
- a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones):codification
Word family
208 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable