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Noun code has 3 senses

code, codification - a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
--₁ is a kind of written communication, written language
--₁ has particulars:
Bushido; legal code; building code; dress code; fire code; omerta; sanitary code, health code; Highway Code

Derived form: verb codify₁
code - a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
--₂ is a kind of coding system
--₂ has particulars:
area code; bar code, Universal Product Code; color code; cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret code; Morse, Morse code, international Morse code; zip code, postcode, postal code

Derived form: verb code₂

code, computer code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
--₃ is a kind of coding system
--₃ has particulars:

Derived form: verb code₂

Verb code has 2 senses

code - attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"
--₁ is one way to tag, label, mark
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
encode, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code - convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
--₂ is one way to write

Derived forms: noun code₃, noun code₂, noun coder₁, noun coding₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something