decipher
verb (used with object)
to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.).
have deciphered
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present perfectof decipher.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This is the first time that researchers have deciphered a neuronal network in which one cell type performs the same computation at all network levels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2023
"In other words, we have deciphered the script."
From Scientific American ● Jul. 19, 2023
Yet despite vast improvements in retrieving and analyzing that DNA, researchers have deciphered whole genomes from just 23 archaic humans, 18 of them Neanderthals.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 12, 2021
For the first time, scientists have deciphered the ultrasonic squeaks that mice make but we can’t hear.
From Nature ● Feb. 23, 2020
And even if she thought she might have deciphered its meaning, Miss Mallory already knew that it was too late to do anything about it.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
