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# deciphered

verb, past form of decipher (decipher, deciphers, deciphered, deciphering); adjective (a deciphered message)

«deciphered» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Worked out the meaning of a secret code and turned it into plain words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deciphered/#m1)
2. Managed to read writing that is very hard to read, like messy handwriting or an old script. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deciphered/#m2)
3. Understood something puzzling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deciphered/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history, people deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs with help from the Rosetta Stone, and code-breakers deciphered secret wartime messages. In maths and puzzles, deciphering a code means finding the rule, such as each letter moved three places. In stories it shows a mystery being solved. Phrases: «deciphered the code», «could hardly be deciphered».

### Examples

- The detectives deciphered the secret message. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deciphered/#x1)
- Champollion deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs in 1822. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deciphered/#x2)
- I finally deciphered my brother's messy handwriting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deciphered/#x3)
- We deciphered the code by shifting each letter back by one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deciphered/#x4)
- The old map had faded and could barely be deciphered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deciphered/#x5)
- She deciphered the meaning of his strange look. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deciphered/#x6)
- Code-breakers deciphered enemy messages during the war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deciphered/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: decipher, deciphered. Opposite: encipher or encode. Very close to «decode»; «decipher» is also used for hard handwriting. Spelled with «ph», which sounds like «f».

## In Jewish tradition

In history, people deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs with help from the Rosetta Stone, and code-breakers deciphered secret wartime messages. In maths and puzzles, deciphering a code means finding the rule, such as each letter moved three places. In stories it shows a mystery being solved. Phrases: «deciphered the code», «could hardly be deciphered».

### Note

Regular verb: decipher, deciphered. Opposite: encipher or encode. Very close to «decode»; «decipher» is also used for hard handwriting. Spelled with «ph», which sounds like «f».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «deciphered» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deciphered/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«deciphered» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/deciphered.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «deciphered» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deciphered/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«deciphered» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/deciphered.html) on Mova free.