Cypher (Verb)
Meaning 1
Convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The spies would cypher their communications to prevent them from being intercepted by the enemy.
- She was trained to cypher sensitive information so it couldn't be understood by unauthorized parties.
- To maintain secrecy, the messenger had to cypher the message before sending it.
- The agent's job was to cypher and decipher encoded messages for the intelligence agency.
- They used an elaborate system to cypher the documents, making them incomprehensible to anyone without the key.
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Meaning 2
Make a mathematical calculation or computation.
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- She spent hours trying to cypher the statistics for her research project.
- The accountant took her time to cypher the tax returns carefully.
- Can you cypher the total cost including the additional tip and sales tax.
- It took the mathematician several days to cypher the complex algorithm.
- The student struggled to cypher the answer to the difficult math problem.
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- Estimate
- Miscalculate
- Prorate
- Average Out
- Extract
- Fraction
- Subtract
- Differentiate
- Extrapolate
- Solve
- Average
- Recalculate
- Quantize
- Factor In
- Factor
- Budget
- Add
- Deduct
- Process
- Add Together
- Misestimate
- Capitalise
- Quantise
- Integrate
- Guess
- Gauge
- Judge
- Multiply
- Divide
- Capitalize
- Interpolate
- Resolve
- Survey