code

noun

1 system of letters, etc. for secret information

ADJECTIVE

▪ secret

▪ Morse

VERB + CODE

▪ break, crack, decipher

▪

The code was difficult to crack.

▪ use, write in

▪ invent, make up

CODE + NOUN

▪ name, phrase, word

▪ breaker

PREPOSITION

▪ in code

▪

All the messages were in code.

2 numbers/letters for identifying sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ area (esp. AmE), dialling (BrE)

▪

What's the area code for Boston?

▪ post (usually postcode) (BrE), postal (BrE), zip (AmE)

▪ bar, charge (BrE)

▪ security

▪ three-letter, four-digit, etc.

▪ DNA, genetic

▪ error (= on a computer)

VERB + CODE

▪ generate

CODE + NOUN

▪ number

▪ generator

3 computer language

ADJECTIVE

▪ binary (= a system of computer programming instructions), executable, HTML, source

▪ malicious

VERB + CODE

▪ execute

▪ write

▪ modify, rewrite

4 set of rules for behaving

ADJECTIVE

▪ strict

▪ unwritten

▪

There is an unwritten code that says ‘Do not date your best friend's ex’.

▪ ethical, moral, professional

▪ civil, criminal, disciplinary, penal, tax

▪

planned changes in the US tax code

▪ Highway

▪

the Highway Code (= the official rules for users of public roads in Britain)

▪ dress

VERB + CODE

▪ have

▪ adopt, draw up, establish, formulate, lay down (esp. BrE)

▪

The company has drawn up a new disciplinary code.

▪ enforce

▪ revise, simplify

▪ comply with, follow

▪ break, infringe (esp. BrE), violate

▪

The principal said I had violated the school's dress code.

PHRASES

▪ a code of behaviour/behavior, a code of conduct

▪ a code of ethics

▪ a code of honour/honor

▪ a code of practice

▪

The profession has a strict code of practice.