Meaning

2 senses

  1. To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

    All messages on this platform are doubly encrypted to increase security.

    verschlüsseln

    шифрова́тьšifrovátʹ, зашифрова́тьzašifrovátʹ

  2. To transform information using encryption in a way that it is believed only authorized parties can decode.

    The data was encrypted in transit using AES-GCM.

More definitions
  • convert ordinary language into code

Examples

11 sentences

  1. This file is encrypted.

    Цей файл зашифрований.

    ruЭтот файл зашифрован.

    deDiese Datei ist verschlüsselt.

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  2. Are you good at decoding encrypted messages?

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  3. Please don't encrypt your file.

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  4. Miroslav sent Anna an encrypted email.

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  5. All the data on my computer is encrypted.

    ruВсе данные на моём компьютере зашифрованы.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to conceal information by means of a code or cipher:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to conceal information by means of a code or cipher:

Origin

From en- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, priv

From en- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).

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Forms

encrypts, encrypting, encrypted, encrypted
Base formencrypt · to encrypt
3rd person singularencrypts
Present participleencrypting
Past simpleencrypted
Past participleencrypted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyencrypt
he, she, itencrypts

Past simpleLesson

all personsencrypted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave encrypted
he, she, ithas encrypted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill encrypt

Synonyms

7 synonyms
encode
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
decodedecrypt

Word family

8 related words
Relatedencryption
Derivedencryptableencrypterreencryptself-encryptingsigncryptsuperencryptunencrypt

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
encourageA2encouragementB1encroachencryptionencumberC2encyclopaediaB1encyclopediaB1
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