1. Convert encrypted data or code into plain, readable form
   "The intelligence team worked to decode the intercepted messages";
   - decrypt, decipher
    
2. Interpret or understand the hidden or underlying meaning
   "Students learned to decode the author's symbolism"
    
3. (computing) convert data from one format to another, especially from an encoded format
   "The software decodes MP3 files into audio"
    
4. (genetics) translate genetic information from RNA into protein sequences
   "Ribosomes decode messenger RNA"

Derived forms: decoded, decodes, decoding

Type of: rewrite

Encyclopedia: Decode