Decode and Work

Decode

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

Usage example: the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy

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Work and decode are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a verb "Decode".

Nearby Words: decoding, decoder

Work verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.

Usage example: finally figured out how to work the math problem

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Decode and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decode" instead a verb "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

On Hitler's birthday, almost anyone with a coding machine sent a happy birthday message to the Führer, leading to a lot of easy to decode messages for the crackers to work with.

Source: The Password is Always "Swordfish"
Subverted: any hiring manager with a week's experience has met enough people whose biggest weakness is "I'm a perfectionist" or "I work too hard" that they will immediately decode your response.

Source: Min-Maxing aka: Min Max
And before this in the same episode, Spike and Adam are discussing the success of Spike's plan - he has successfully separated Buffy from her friends, now they just need Buffy to work with her friend to decode the information disc.

Source: Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!

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