Meanings
plural codings
- countableuncountableAn encoding.
- countableuncountableThe process of writing computer software code.
I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.
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I spent decades as a knowledge worker in technology, precisely where society wanted me—in front of screens, building digital products, becoming the very kind of specialist I’m now critiquing. Like many of my generation, I learned some simple coding before I learned to fix a leaky faucet or [to] grow my own food. I still love technology and believe in its potential to automate mundane tasks, freeing us to pursue higher forms of creativity and connection—but this promise rings hollow if we sacrifice our fundamental capabilities in the process.
2024 November 29, Joshua Stylman, How Engineered Dependency Erases Our AutonomySynonyms: computer programming
- countableuncountableemergency medicineA method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
- countableuncountableAn alternative therapy used to treat addictions by convincing the patient (through hypnosis, placebos, etc.) that the substance will harm or kill them if they use it again.
- PhilippinesabbreviationcountableellipsisnumeraluncountableEllipsis of number coding.
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of code
- Philippinesnot comparableApplied to vehicles when they are under number coding.
My car is coding today, so I cannot drive.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of writing computer software code.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian коди́ране, коди́ране
- коди́ране (kodírane)process of encoding or decoding
- коди́ране (kodírane)process of writing computer software code
- програми́ране (programírane)process of writing computer software code
Finnish koodaus, koodaus
- koodausprocess of encoding or decoding
- koodausprocess of writing computer software code
French morphisme de codage
- morphisme de codagetype of morphism
German Programmierung
- Programmierungprocess of encoding or decoding
Italian codifica, programmazione
- codificaprocess of encoding or decoding
- programmazioneprocess of writing computer software code
Polish kodowanie, programowanie
- kodowanieprocess of encoding or decoding
- programowanieprocess of writing computer software code
- kodowanietype of morphism
Portuguese codificação, programação
- codificaçãoprocess of encoding or decoding
- programaçãoprocess of writing computer software code
Romanian codare-decodare, codificare-decodificare
- codare-decodareprocess of encoding or decoding
- codificare-decodificareprocess of encoding or decoding
Cite this entry
coding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coding
“coding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coding.
Source: coding on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.