deciphered

verb

past tense of decipher
1
as in cracked
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet

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2
as in understood
to have a clear idea of a convoluted thriller, the plot of which I was never able to actually decipher

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Recent Examples of deciphered But a more apt comparison might be the Mirabilia Urbis Romae, in which Medieval scholars deciphered the staggering ruins of Classical Rome. — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2026 Re-creating the Herculaneum scrolls To date, one entire scroll and passages from others have been deciphered, largely thanks to the Vesuvius Challenge, a project launched in 2023 that encourages researchers to decode scrolls for cash prizes. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 Uncertainty notwithstanding, the longevity world has glommed onto the notion that the vaginal microbiome is some kind of exotic tealeaf that can be deciphered—and perfected by purchasing the right supplements. — Sarah Digregorio, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026 Its successor script, Linea B, was also a mystery until it was deciphered in 1952 by an amateur linguist and cryptographer Michael Ventris with the help of classicist John Chadwick, both building on patterns in the script first identified by classicist Alice Kober. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 June 2026 The signature was deciphered with the help of AI, and specialists at auction house Lyon & Turnbull were able to confirm that Cadell was the artist. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026 Among the finds are a 4th-century coin bearing the face of Emperor Constantine, as well as medieval pottery fragments bearing markings archaeologists have not yet deciphered. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 What’s more, the back of the painting shows a number code which was deciphered in the project to reveal the year of production—1934. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 11 June 2026 And yet… Four risqué jokes that Anne had hidden by covering them with brown paper were deciphered by researchers in 2018. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deciphered
  1. cracked
  2. understood
  3. translated
  4. knew
  5. decoded
  6. comprehended
  7. broke
  8. recognized
Verb
  • Research partners recorded the various sounds that drones make when their propellers get chipped or cracked or their motor becomes damaged or begins to fail.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
  • A couple large plastic food storage tubs have cracked corners.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of cracked
Verb
  • Its scientists understood the future of digital photography, but the company could not bring the right product to market.
    — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • My abuser understood the power of words, and used them to dictate the terms of my obedience.
    — Debbie Millman, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of understood
Verb
  • Read from Pol Guasch’s novel Paradise Burns, translated by Mara Faye Lethem.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In the motion obtained by Fox News Digital and translated to English, the Italian court granted the extradition on one charge of murder, not capital murder.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of translated
Verb
  • The state’s rebuttal witness testified that Hinton was grieving and angry but knew his actions were wrong.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After all, very few people outside of the inner A24-Fielder-Oppenheim circle knew anything about it before its shock Telluride screening.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of knew
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  • One solution exploits a mismatch between the way PHP measures compressed files and decoded files.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The fall arts season, decoded Charlotte’s arts institutions cluster mostly along the Tryon Street corridor in uptown, which makes event-hopping easy.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of decoded
Verb
  • The polling points to the enduring legacy of 9/11, even as many Americans today are too young to have experienced or comprehended the event a quarter-century ago.
    — Linley Sanders, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The frames keep changing regardless of how much the viewer has noticed or comprehended.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of comprehended
Verb
  • In mid-October, the company announced that the winner had been disqualified after organizers concluded that his use of generative AI broke the rules.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Hours before Meta announced its Q3 results Wednesday, news broke that a New Mexico judge had ordered the company to pay $25 billion in penalties related to the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of broke
Verb
  • Tyler Shultz, a former Theranos research engineer who helped expose the company’s faulty blood-testing technology, barely recognized the woman on-screen.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The manager there recognized a Met Opera ticket in the print and ordered the $90 ties, which sold out in three days.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of recognized

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