encode

[ en-kohd ]

/ ɛnˈkoʊd /

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verb (used with object), en·cod·ed, en·cod·ing.

to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.

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Origin of encode

First recorded in 1930–35; en-¹ + code

OTHER WORDS FROM encode

en·cod·a·ble, adjectiveen·code·ment, nounen·cod·er, nounmis·en·code, verb (used with object), mis·en·cod·ed, mis·en·cod·ing.

Words nearby encode

enclosed, enclosed order, enclosure, enclosure act, enclothe, encode, encoignure, encolpion, encomiast, encomienda, encomium

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How to use encode in a sentence

We start from the digital information of what the virus encodes for and go on from there.
Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research? (Ep. 430)|Stephen J. Dubner|August 27, 2020|Freakonomics
It encoded motion and mathematics into a single, glinting geometric object.
How Physics Found a Geometric Structure for Math to Play With|Kevin Hartnett|July 29, 2020|Quanta Magazine
The hippocampus is most famous for its ability to encode episodic memories—the memory of whats, whens, wheres, and whos.
Towards ‘Eternal Sunshine’? New Links Found Between Memory and Emotion|Shelly Fan|July 28, 2020|Singularity Hub
Modern deep learning is at the very least biologically-inspired, encoding information in the strength of connections between large networks of individual computing units known as neurons.
A New Brain-Inspired Learning Method for AI Saves Memory and Energy|Edd Gent|July 27, 2020|Singularity Hub

Experiments even showed that people were more likely to forget words that were presented exactly at systole than words that they saw and encoded during the rest of the cardiac cycle.
How Your Heart Influences What You Perceive and Fear|Jordana Cepelewicz|July 6, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Shun distractions, in other words, and you should encode events more effectively.
How to Remember the Past|Charles Fernyhough|May 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To encode a message which may be your last words on earth is not the easiest of tasks.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 3, 1917|Various
Writing helped to encode his logic of proper inference from premises expressed in sentences.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
But once the scale changes, it is doubtful that we could encode the resulting complexity in such formalizations.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin

British Dictionary definitions for encode

encode

/ (ɪnˈkəʊd) /

verb (tr)

to convert (a message) from plain text into code

computing to convert (characters and symbols) into a digital form as a series of impulsesCompare decode (def. 2)

to convert (an electrical signal) into a form suitable for transmission

to convert (a nerve signal) into a form that can be received by the brain

to use (a word, phrase, etc, esp of a foreign language) in the construction appropriate to it in that language

Derived forms of encode

encodement, nounencoder, noun

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