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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
code
/kəʊd/
noun1 of 2
a password made of a set of letters or numbers
- “Nobody else knows the code I use for the bank.”Tatoeba
- “Adding comments makes it easier to read the code.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To write software programs.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)