English > encode: 1 sense > verb 1, communication| Meaning | Convert information into code. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "encode pictures digitally" |
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| Narrower | code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code | convert ordinary language into code |
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| Broader | convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something |
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| Opposite | decode, decrypt, decipher | convert code into ordinary language |
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| Spanish | codificar |
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| Catalan | codificar |
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| Nouns | encoding | the activity of converting data or information into code |
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