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| 1. | [ noun ] a message written in a secret code | |
| Synonyms: | cypher | |
| Related terms: | message encode | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (writing) convert ordinary language into code | |
| Synonyms: | encipher code cypher encrypt inscribe write_in_code encode | |
| Examples: | "We should encode the message for security reasons" |
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| Related terms: | decipher decode write code programmer encoding coding | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a quantity of no importance | |
| Synonyms: | nothing zero naught nada zilch cypher nil null nix goose_egg zip aught | |
| Examples: | "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before" "reduced to nil all the work we had done" "we racked up a pathetic goose egg" "it was all for naught" "I didn't hear zilch about it" |
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| Related terms: | relative_quantity nihil bugger_all zero | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (mathematics) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number | |
| Synonyms: | 0 zero cypher nought | |
| Related terms: | digit calculate | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a quantity of no importance | |
| Synonyms: | nothing zero naught aught nada cypher goose_egg nix zilch zip nonentity nil | |
| Examples: | "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before" "reduced to nil all the work we had done" "we racked up a pathetic goose egg" "it was all for naught" "I didn't hear zilch about it" |
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| Related terms: | relative_quantity thing bugger_all nihil | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (mathematics) make a mathematical calculation or computation | |
| Synonyms: | compute calculate figure reckon work_out cypher | |
| Related terms: | reason process estimate multiply subtract add divide resolve factor budget average recalculate interpolate prorate survey capitalize miscalculate extract quantise differentiate integrate mathematics solve count_on bet work_out zero calculation computer calculation calculator calculus calculator | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a person of no influence | |
| Synonyms: | nobody nonentity cypher | |
| Related terms: | commoner whippersnapper pip-squeak | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a secret method of writing | |
| Synonyms: | cryptograph secret_code cypher | |
| Related terms: | code encode | |
| Similar spelling: |
cypher Copher Cipro |
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