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coding Synonyms & Antonyms

/koʊdɪŋ/

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Coding as a Noun

1

The process of encoding or decoding.

2

An encoding.

3

The process of writing computer software code.

I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.

4

A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.

5

An alternative therapy used to treat addictions by convincing the patient (through hypnosis, placebos, etc.) that the substance will harm or kill them if they use it again.

6

A 1-uniform morphism; an injective morphism; a morphism that maps letter to letter

7

Ellipsis of number coding.

Coding as a Verb

1

present participle and gerund of code

2

To write software programs.

I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.

3

To add codes to a dataset.

4

To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.

5

To encode.

We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.

6

To encode a protein.

7

To call a hospital emergency code.

coding in the CT scanner

8

Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.

Coding as an Adjective

1

Applied to vehicles when they are under number coding.

My car is coding today, so I cannot drive.

Coding in a Sentence

I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.

My car is coding today, so I cannot drive.

I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s.

We should code the messages we send out on Usenet.

coding in the CT scanner

Word Forms & Grammar

coding (countable and uncountable, plural codings)

coding

coding (not comparable)

Words That Rhyme With Coding

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Origin of Coding

From code + -ing.

Coding at a Glance

Part of speechnoun, verb, adjective
Pronunciation/koʊdɪŋ/
MeaningThe process of encoding or decoding
Pluralcodings