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Noun coding has 1 sense

cryptography, coding, secret writing - act of writing in code or cipher
--₁ is a kind of writing, committal to writing
--₁ has particulars:
encoding, encryption; recoding; decoding, decryption, decipherment

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