decode
verb (used with object)
to translate (data or a message) from a code into the original language or form.
have decoded
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present perfectof decode.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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And it is surrounded by hundreds of other dots that signify locations they have decoded.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Now researchers have decoded the origin of brain signals controlling speech and created the new neuroprosthesis that facilitates the production of whole words, yielding a faster word-per-minute rate.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 15, 2021
Astronomers have decoded the inner pulsations of a class of stars called δ Scuti by precisely tracking how their brightness evolves in time.
From Nature ● May 13, 2020
Scientists have decoded the genome of the axolotl, the Mexican amphibian with a Mona Lisa smile.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2018
"But why couldn't the thief have decoded the dispatch?"
From From Place to Place by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
