up to code

adverb

Following building codes; compliant with all relevant laws and regulations.

“We need to install another emergency exit in order to be up to code.”

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Meanings

adverbup to code (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFollowing building codes; compliant with all relevant laws and regulations.

    We need to install another emergency exit in order to be up to code.

    1 more example

    It's an old house, so we need to bring it up to code before we move in.

Translations

German den Bauvorschriften entsprechend
  • den Bauvorschriften entsprechendfollowing building codes
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APA

up to code. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20to%20code

MLA

“up to code.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20to%20code. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “up to code,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20to%20code.

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