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):
accordance
- area
- breach
- casual
- cheat
- chunk
- click
- combination
- conduct
- conference
- country
- crack
- dealer
- defect
- definition
- dress
- electrical
- elegant
- entrance
- honor
- imprint
- mandate
- manufacturer
- memory
- modification
- moral
- overlay
- paragraph
- pin
- promotion
- proper
- punch
- redeem
- redundancy
- registration
- relay
- scramble
- single
- source
- state
- student
- tie
- uniform
- unlock
- use
- vat
- voucher
- wrench
- zip