encode

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪnˈkəʊd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɛnˈkoʊd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(en kōd′)

Inflections of 'encode' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
encodes
v 3rd person singular
encoding
v pres p
encoded
v past
encoded
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
en•code /ɛnˈkoʊd/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object], -cod•ed, -cod•ing. 
  1. Cryptographyto convert (information, a message, etc.) into code.
en•cod•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
en•code  (en kōd′),USA pronunciation v.t., -cod•ed, -cod•ing. 
  1. Cryptographyto convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
  • en-1 + code 1930–35
en•cod′a•ble, adj. 
en•code′ment, n. 
en•cod′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
encode /ɪnˈkəʊd/ vb (transitive)
  1. to convert (a message) from plain text into code
enˈcodement n enˈcoder n
'encode' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
encipher - gene - code - encrypt - keying sequence - MHC - misencode - program - superencipher
Collocations: encode and [transmit, save, play], encode [proteins, genes], [a technique, a program, software] to encode, more...

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