noun Download 🔗Share A numeric character. Examples : "The teacher asked us to write each number, or cypher, neatly in our math notebooks. " number character computing math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any text character. Examples : "The password included various cyphers, like numbers and symbols. " character writing communication language sign Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram. Examples : "The bride and groom's wedding invitations featured a beautiful cypher of their initials intertwined with a floral design. " mark sign writing communication device character style art Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning. Examples : "The message was written in a simple cipher. Anyone could figure it out." communication technology writing military computing language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext. Examples : "The teacher used a simple cypher to encrypt the students' test answers. " technology computing communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher. Examples : "The spy handed over the encoded message, a complex cypher that only his contact could understand. " communication computing technology writing signal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods: Examples : "The probability is 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000 — a number having five ciphers of zeros." number math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed. Examples : "The organist stopped playing abruptly when a loud, constant note revealed a cypher in the lowest pipe of the bass register. " organ sound music machine bell-ringing technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hip-hop jam session. Examples : "After school, the students gathered in the courtyard for a cypher, rapping and breakdancing together. " music entertainment culture group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking. Examples : ""During the picnic, the group formed a cypher, passing the joint around in a relaxed circle." " culture ritual group entertainment action substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Someone or something of no importance. Examples : "After years of dedicated work, John felt like a complete cypher at the company, never acknowledged or promoted despite his efforts. " person character thing attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Zero. Examples : "My bank account balance is a complete cypher after paying rent. " number math nothing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To calculate. Examples : "I never learned much more than how to read and cipher." math number computing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To write in code or cipher. Examples : "The spies had to cypher the message before sending it so their enemies wouldn't understand. " communication writing technology computing language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ. Examples : "The old organ in the church basement would sometimes cypher, emitting a high-pitched drone even when no one was playing it. " organ music sound machine technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To decipher. Examples : "The detective had to cypher the coded message to understand the criminal's plan. " communication computing technology internet signal language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading