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Encode: Definition, Usage, and Common Examples (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：convert into code (encode)

encode 🔊

/ɪnˈkoʊd/

vt.

To convert information, such as data or a signal, into a particular form or code, especially for transmission or storage by computers.

Encode meaning illustrated: person typing colorful programming code on laptop.

convert into code 🔊

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/kənˈvɜrt ˈɪntu koʊd/

vt.

To transform information into a coded format, typically for computer processing or secure transmission.

📁 Category：Technological Inventions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From prefix 'en-' (to put into) and 'code' (a system of symbols).

💡 Mnemonic

ENter CODE: Imagine putting information INTO a secret CODE.

📖 Example

The programmer needs to encode the game’s instructions into a language the computer can understand before players can download it. 🔊 The programmer needs to encode the game’s instructions into a language the computer can understand before players can download it.

🔗 Collocations

encode data – to convert data into a coded form

encode a message – to transform a message into a code

encode in binary – to represent information using binary digits

🔄 Synonyms

encrypt (vt.) – to convert information into a code to prevent unauthorized access

code (vt.) – to write or represent in a symbolic form

convert (vt.) – to change the form or character of something

🚫 Antonyms

decode (vt.) – to convert coded information back into its original form

decipher (vt.) – to succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying something

🌱 Derivatives

encoder (n.) – a device or program that converts data into a coded form

encoding (n.) – the process of converting information into a code

encoded (adj.) – having been converted into a code

📖 Cultural Story

The word 'encode' combines 'en-' from Latin 'in-' (into) and 'code' from Latin 'codex' (book). It gained prominence in 20th-century computing for converting data into machine-readable formats.

Meaning 2：store in genetic code (encode)

encode 🔊

/ɪnˈkoʊd/

vt.

In biology, to have information stored in a genetic code, like the instructions in DNA that determine traits.

Encode definition in biology: detailed DNA double helix storing genetic information.

store in genetic code 🔊

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/stɔr ɪn dʒəˈnɛtɪk koʊd/

vt.

To contain or represent genetic information within DNA, determining biological traits and functions.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Our DNA encodes all the genetic instructions that make each of us unique, from hair color to potential talents. 🔊 Our DNA encodes all the genetic instructions that make each of us unique, from hair color to potential talents.

🔗 Collocations

encode genetic information – to have genetic data stored in DNA

encode traits – to determine characteristics through genetic code

encode in DNA – to be represented within the DNA sequence

🔄 Synonyms

contain (vt.) – to have or hold within

represent (vt.) – to stand for or symbolize

specify (vt.) – to state or describe precisely

🌱 Derivatives

genetic encoding (n.) – the process or result of storing information in DNA

encoded sequence (n.) – a specific segment of DNA that contains genetic instructions