decode
verb (used with object)
to translate (data or a message) from a code into the original language or form.
was decoding
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past progressiveof decode.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Along with fellow code-breaker Gordon Welchman he developed the “Bombe” which from late 1940 was decoding all messages sent by the Enigma machines.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 2, 2018
He was decoding a message of unusual length.
From The Great Prince Shan by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Half an hour before his death, my uncle was decoding this dispatch in his library.
From The Great Prince Shan by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
