cipher
noun
a secret method of writing or recording data, such as by substituting or adding letters or numbers, using specially formed symbols, or the like; code.
are ciphering
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present progressiveof cipher.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“You can tell that when me and Rondo are ciphering through our Rolodex of mental basketball capacity that those guys are like, ‘OK, what are you all talking about?’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2018
Now this is what I call 'ciphering' arter human natur', while figures are ciphering arter the 'assistant.'
From The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
