encode

[en-kohd]

verb (used with object)

encoded, encoding 

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

encode

/ ɪnˈkəʊd /

verb

1. to convert (a message) from plain text into code

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

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

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

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

encode

1. To specify the genetic code for the synthesis of a protein molecule or a part of a protein molecule.

Other Word Forms

• encodable adjective
• encodement noun
• encoder noun
• misencode verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of encode¹

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

Example Sentences

Another dimension of Abbe, scholars say, is encoded in a light-brown leather account book.

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Though the outcomes encoded here are colored by midcentury manners, they are surprisingly daring and averse to sedate moralism.

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Power was broadcasting in the clear, rather than encoding his message.

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This might be because the brain encodes bodily information as part of the details of an event.

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Qubits, meanwhile, are the basic units of information that encode data in a quantum machine, analogous to bits in traditional computers.

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