Collocations for "code"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "code" in context.
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code
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the code of [conduct, ethics, practice]
- the [course, item, product] code
- a [computer, programming, source] code
- [view, edit, display] the code
- [writes, programs, hacks] code for
- the [safety, security, phone] code
- the [dialing, country, city, area] code
- [provide, type, enter] your [postal, zip] code
- search by zip code
- the code for [London] is
- [decipher, work out] the secret code
- [sent, communicated] in Morse code
- (try to) [decipher, unravel, crack, interpret, break] the code
- The message was written in code.
- That's code for ["get out," "leave me alone"].
- Is this some kind of code?
- code a [program, message, signal]
- learning to code
'code' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
conduct
- honor
- area
- country
- dress
- tie
- state
- moral
- memory
- source
- student
- use
- casual
- single
- proper
- cheat
- combination
- conference
- defect
- pin
- promotion
- registration
- vat
- voucher
- zip
- chunk
- click
- dealer
- definition
- entrance
- manufacturer
- modification
- redundancy
- relay
- accordance
- overlay
- paragraph
- scramble
- unlock
- breach
- crack
- uniform
- electrical
- elegant
- wrench
- redeem
- punch
- mandate
- imprint