decode
verb (used with object)
to translate (data or a message) from a code into the original language or form.
had decoded
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past perfectof decode.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Once the model had decoded that signature, the team searched human genes for the sequence and found that roughly 60% contain the initiator.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Following France's quarter-final exit on home soil at the last Rugby World Cup, it emerged that South Africa's coaches had decoded one of their tactical calls, external before a 29-28 win.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Then GPT-1 moved on to the next string of words until it had decoded an entire story.
From Scientific American ● May 1, 2023
She wasn't giving me a mother's advice; she was reporting what she had decoded in front of us.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2022
Tom and his father had decoded the symbols and beamed out a reply over a powerful radio transmitter.
From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
