26984 words

coded

4 definitions • 9 examples
1
written, sent, or expressed in code (= a system of words, letters, or signs used to represent a message in secret form):

Examples:

a coded message/warning
They picked up coded messages on the radio about a planned attack.
A coded warning had been given and police managed to clear the scene before the bomb detonated.
2
expressed without someone clearly saying what they really mean:

Examples:

Her annoyance was revealed only through the occasional coded reference in a speech or statement.
Some saw his call for reform as a coded challenge to the prime minister's leadership.
3

Examples:

The unravelling of the billions of coded sequences in human DNA will revolutionize medicine.
4
used to form adjectives describing something or someone that has the qualities associated with a particular type of thing or person, so that they are understood to be that type of thing or person although this is not directly stated:

Examples:

They feel they have to reject everything that is feminine-coded, because society does not consider very feminine women to be capable of holding masculine-coded positions of power.
Every high school movie main character seems to have a lesbian coded best friend.

Navigation