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cipher

/ cipher /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a message written in a secret code
Type of:
message
Derived:
encode code encipher cypher encrypt
noun Sense 2
a secret method of writing
Type of:
code
Derived:
encode code encipher cypher encrypt
noun Sense 3
a person of no influence
Type of:
commoner common man common person
Kinds of:
pip-squeak squirt small fry whippersnapper jackanapes
verb Sense 4
make a mathematical calculation or computation
Type of:
reason
Kinds of:
quantize quantise extract process prorate
Derived:
number figure calculator reckoner figurer
Verb group:
work out
See also:
solve work out figure out puzzle out lick
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody
Domain:
mathematics math maths
noun Sense 5
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Type of:
digit figure
Derived:
calculate cypher compute work out reckon
verb Sense 6
convert ordinary language into code
"We should encode the message for security reasons"
Opposites:
decode decrypt decipher
Type of:
write
Derived:
encoding encryption cypher cryptograph secret code
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 7
a quantity of no importance
"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"
"reduced to nil all the work we had done"
"we racked up a pathetic goose egg"
"it was all for naught"
"I didn''t hear zilch about it"
Type of:
relative quantity
Kinds of:
nihil bugger all fuck all Fanny Adams sweet Fanny Adams
Derived:
zero
Semantic Complexity
75%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
60
Times Searched
4
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message code commoner common man common person pip-squeak squirt small fry whippersnapper jackanapes reason quantize