decipher

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɪˈsaɪfə(ɹ)/

Verb

transitive

(transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text. / (transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure / (transitive) To make sense of a complex situation.

Japanese Meaning

暗号や符号を解読する / ほとんど読めない、または不明瞭な文章を判読する / 複雑な状況や難解な事柄の意味を理解する

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The cryptanalyst worked through the night to decipher the intercepted message.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

暗号解析者は、傍受したメッセージを解読するために一晩中働いた。

Details

Sense（1）

(transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure

Sense（3）

(transitive) To make sense of a complex situation.

Truly, we need human infirmity to teach us human nature, and that to Louis had been as a sealed book; he had only seen the coloured and gilded outside: too late he had to decipher the rough and gloomy page within.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（4）

(transitive) To find a solution to a problem.

deciphers

（ present singular third-person ）

deciphering

（ participle present ）

deciphered

（ participle past ）

deciphered

（ past ）

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