uncode

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verb

To remove the code or coding from.

Scrabble 9

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verbuncode (third-person singular simple present uncodes, present participle uncoding, simple past and past participle uncoded)

present singular third person uncodes · participle present uncoding · participle past uncoded · past uncoded

  1. transitivecomputingTo remove the code or coding from.

    To uncode a data fragment, it is necessary to select it.

    2022, Peter A. Stevens, Qualitative Data Analysis: Key Approaches
  2. raretransitiveTo decode.

    A literary piece of ASL called “Uncoding the Ethics” is a good example of an abundant use of analogic devices.

    2013, H-Dirksen L. Bauman, Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking
    2 more examples

    It receives the coded supervisory signals, uncodes them and sends them in the correct form to the appropriate indicating instruments or lights on the control panel.

    1971, Interregional seminar on the development of the mineral resources of the continental shelf

    Stein's remarkable freedom ungenders our access to language, uncodes our relationships with words, and teaches us to pay attention.

    2000, Megan Simpson, Poetic Epistemologies, page 47

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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