CODE
/kÉĘd/
7
Scrabble
8
WWF
C(3) O(1) D(2) E(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/kÉĘd/
noun
- A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.“This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9.”
- A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
- Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.“The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.”
verb
- To write software programs.“I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.”
- To add codes to a dataset.
- To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
Source: Wiktionary
