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Synonyms for code

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kohd
Phonetic Transcription : koÊŠd

Top 10 synonyms for code
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Définition of code

Origin :
  • c.1300, "systematic compilation of laws," from Old French code "system of laws, law-book" (13c.), from Latin codex, earlier caudex "book, book of laws," literally "tree trunk," hence, book made up of wooden tablets covered with wax for writing. Meaning "cipher" (the sense in secret code) is from 1808.
  • noun secret language system
  • noun law, rule
Example sentences :
  • It was part of a code no less binding because it was unwritten.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Morals stand for a code of observances; righteousness for a direction of the life.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • He tried to read, and took down the Chateauvillard code of dueling.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • He tried to read the signals, but they were in code, or in the Mercutian tongue, which was just as bad.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • The code he learned was to obey the strong and to oppress the weak.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Polygamy, though permitted, was definitely restricted by the code.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • This is the only case in which two equal wives are recognised by the code.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • This is a code somewhat like the code of Justinian, only not so brief.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • He hauled the microphone from its cubby in the dashboard and spoke the code words.
  • Extract from : « Raiders Invisible » by Desmond Winter Hall
  • It is not merely birth, class, a code of rules, though it includes all these.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

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