cipher
1. a message written in a secret code (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
cypher
• Derivationally related forms:
cypher (for: cypher)
• Hypernyms:
message
2. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
• Syn:
zero, 0, nought, cypher
• Derivationally related forms:
cypher (for: cypher), zero (for: zero)
• Hypernyms:
digit, figure
3. a quantity of no importance
- it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
- reduced to nil all the work we had done
- we racked up a pathetic goose egg
- it was all for naught
- I didn't hear zilch about it
• Syn:
nothing, nil, nix, nada, null,
aught, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch,
zip, zippo
• Derivationally related forms:
zero (for: zero)
• Hypernyms:
relative quantity
• Hyponyms:
nihil, bugger all, fuck all, Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams
4. a person of no influence
• Syn:
cypher, nobody, nonentity
• Hypernyms:
commoner, common man, common person
• Hyponyms:
pip-squeak, squirt, small fry, whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight
5. a secret method of writing
• Syn:
cypher, cryptograph, secret code
• Derivationally related forms:
cypher (for: cypher)
• Hypernyms:
code
1. convert ordinary language into code (Freq. 1)
- We should encode the message for security reasons
• Syn:
code, encipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code
• Derivationally related forms:
encryption (for: encrypt), cypher (for: cypher), code (for: code), coder (for: code), coding (for: code)
• Hypernyms:
encode
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make a mathematical calculation or computation
• Syn:
calculate, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
• See Also:
figure out (for: figure), reckon (for: reckon)
• Derivationally related forms:
figure (for: figure), figurer (for: figure), figuring (for: figure), reckoner (for: reckon), reckoning (for: reckon), computation (for: compute), computer (for: compute), cypher (for: cypher), calculable (for: calculate), calculus (for: calculate), calculation (for: calculate), calculator (for: calculate)
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
• Hypernyms:
reason
• Hyponyms:
quantize, quantise, extract, process, prorate,
miscalculate, misestimate, recalculate, average, average out, factor,
factor in, factor out, add, add together, subtract, deduct,
take off, multiply, divide, fraction, interpolate, extrapolate,
differentiate, integrate, survey, estimate, gauge, approximate,
approximate, judge, budget, capitalize, capitalise,
resolve, solve
• Verb Group:
work out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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