code
/kōd/
noun
A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages.
A system of symbols, letters, or words given certain arbitrary meanings, used for transmitting messages requiring secrecy or brevity.
An access code.
A special command, such as a sequence of keystrokes, that allows a user to activate a hidden or accidental feature in a computer program or video game.
A system of symbols and rules used to represent instructions to a computer; a computer program.
(Genetics) The genetic code.
A systematically arranged and comprehensive collection of laws.
A systematic collection of regulations or rules of procedure or conduct.
a building code.
(Medicine) Code blue.
(Slang) A patient whose heart has stopped beating, as in cardiac arrest.
intransitive verb
To convert (a message, for example) into code.
To systematize and arrange (laws and regulations) into a code.
To assign a code to (something) for identification or classification.
coded each response to the survey by age and gender.
To express or convey (words) in a manner that implies a different meaning.
a novel that codes references to a character's sexuality in descriptions of clothing.
To specify the genetic code for an amino acid or a polypeptide.
a gene that codes for an enzyme.
To specify the genetic code for a trait or characteristic.
a gene that codes for red hair.
(Computers) To write or revise a computer program.
(Slang) To go into cardiac arrest.