coding

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US/koʊdɪŋ/UK/kəʊdɪŋ/

noun

The process of encoding or decoding.

“I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.”

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Meanings

nouncoding (countable and uncountable, plural codings)

plural codings

  1. countableuncountableThe process of encoding or decoding.
  2. countableuncountableAn encoding.
  3. countableuncountableThe process of writing computer software code.

    I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.

    1 more example

    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 Autonomy

    Synonyms: computer programming

  4. countableuncountableemergency medicineA method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
  5. 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.
  6. countableuncountablemathematicsA 1-uniform morphism; an injective morphism; a morphism that maps letter to letter
  7. PhilippinesabbreviationcountableellipsisnumeraluncountableEllipsis of number coding.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of code
adjectivecoding (not comparable)
  1. 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.

More synonyms by meaning

nounact of writing in code or cipher

Similar
Broader
writingcommittal to writing

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
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APA

coding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coding

MLA

“coding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coding.

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