# coded

Pronunciation: say "KOH-did" US /ˈkoʊdɪd/, UK /ˈkəʊdɪd/

## Adjective

1. Written or expressed in code or cipher rather than in plain language.
   - Simple: Written in a secret code so only certain people can read it.
   - _Investigators spent weeks cracking the coded entries in the smuggler's ledger._
   - _The telegram looked like nonsense until a clerk recognized it as coded shorthand._
3. Portrayed in a way that suggests a particular trait or inspiration without ever stating it explicitly.
   - Simple: Shown in a way that hints at a certain trait, without anyone saying it directly.
   - _The antagonist is subtly coded as aristocratic, all clipped vowels and inherited disdain._
   - _Critics argued the sidekick was coded as queer long before the studio confirmed it._
4. Used after a noun, often joined to it with a hyphen, to mean resembling or having the characteristics of the thing named. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Put after a word to mean like that thing, or having its qualities.
   - _That tweed cardigan with the elbow patches is so English professor coded, and I'm here for it._
   - _Lately the morning show has leaned on conservative-coded topics like small-town churches and gas prices._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of code. — simple past and past participle of code
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of code. Use this form for something already finished.
   - _The developer coded the login screen before lunch._
   - _Volunteers coded thousands of interview transcripts for the study._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/coded (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).