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Word: Cipher
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘symbol for zero’ and ‘Arabic numeral’): from Old French cifre, based on Arabic ṣifr ‘zero’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsʌɪfə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a secret or disguised way of writing; a code
Short Definition:code
Examples:- he wrote cryptic notes in a cipher
- the information may be given in cipher
Definition:
a zero; a figure 0.
Short Definition:zero
Definition:
a monogram
Short Definition:monogram
Examples:- a pair of rock crystal goblets engraved with the cipher of Peter the Great
Variant Forms:
- cypher
Word: Cipher
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsʌɪfə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
put (a message) into secret writing; encode
Short Definition:write in code
Examples:- he left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding
Definition:
do arithmetic.
Short Definition:do arithmetic
Variant Forms:
- cypher
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