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{
"term": "decipher",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "decipher",
"heSheIt": "deciphers"
},
"pastSimple": "deciphered",
"pastParticiple": "deciphered",
"ingForm": "deciphering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to convert something written in code into normal language",
"sensetop": "decipher something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They were able to decipher the French military codes."
},
{
"text": "She quickly deciphered the whole message."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to succeed in finding the meaning of something that is difficult to read or understand",
"sensetop": "decipher something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Can anyone decipher his handwriting?"
},
{
"text": "She watched the girl’s expression closely, trying to decipher her meaning."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfə(r)/",
"audio": "de/decipher/decipher__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfəz/",
"audio": "de/decipher/deciphers__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfəd/",
"audio": "de/decipher/deciphered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfərɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/decipher/deciphering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfər/",
"audio": "de/decipher/decipher__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfərz/",
"audio": "de/decipher/deciphers__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfərd/",
"audio": "de/decipher/deciphered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfərɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/decipher/deciphering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: from de- (expressing reversal) + cipher, on the pattern of French déchiffrer."
}