Decode and Read

Decode

Decode verb - To change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language.

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Read and decode are semantically related in decipher topic. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Decode".

Nearby Words: decoding, decoder

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.

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Decode and read are semantically related in interpret topic. Sometimes you can use "Decode" instead a verb "Read".

part	decode part	read part
report	decode report	read report
data	decode data	read data
map	decode map	read map
Other words: language, words, book, music, journal, message, notes, instructions, files.

Zenna Henderson's "People" learn English by immersion, except they read your mind while you're talking, so they have an advantage when they mentally decode your words, then reverse the process when they want to talk.

Source: Aliens Speaking English
Linked List Clue Methodology: The scroll the Universal Being gives to Holon consists of nothing but these—a message broken into ten parts, each linked to a different book in the library they must find, read, and decode to figure out how to defeat the Wipers.

Source: Series / Tomes And Talismans
Shyamalan from the first season of Birdy the Mighty: Decode fits this trope so well he might as well have read the page quote by Lady Macbeth and thought it was a bold statement about how to live his life.

Source: Bitch in Sheep's Clothing

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