deciphered
part of speech
verb, past form of decipher (decipher, deciphers, deciphered, deciphering); adjective (a deciphered message)
meaning for a pupil
1) Worked out the meaning of a secret code and turned it into plain words. tree →
2) Managed to read writing that is very hard to read, like messy handwriting or an old script. tree →
3) Understood something puzzling. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history, people deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs with help from the Rosetta Stone, and code-breakers deciphered secret wartime messages. In maths and puzzles, deciphering a code means finding the rule, such as each letter moved three places. In stories it shows a mystery being solved. Phrases: «deciphered the code», «could hardly be deciphered».
examples
- The detectives deciphered the secret message. tree →
- Champollion deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs in 1822. tree →
- I finally deciphered my brother's messy handwriting. tree →
- We deciphered the code by shifting each letter back by one. tree →
- The old map had faded and could barely be deciphered. tree →
- She deciphered the meaning of his strange look. tree →
- Code-breakers deciphered enemy messages during the war. tree →
note
Regular verb: decipher, deciphered. Opposite: encipher or encode. Very close to «decode»; «decipher» is also used for hard handwriting. Spelled with «ph», which sounds like «f».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «deciphered» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.