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# decoding

«decoding» in Mova's school dictionary: **turning a secret code or message back into normal words…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (-ing form of «decode»: decode, decodes, decoded, decoding); noun (decoding, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Decoding means turning a secret code or message back into normal words so it can be read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decoding/#m1)

2) In reading, decoding is sounding out letters to work out what a written word says. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decoding/#m2)

3) In computing, decoding means changing data from one form into one people or machines can use, like turning a file into a video. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decoding/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In phonics and English lessons, decoding is a key reading skill: blending letter sounds to read a word (c-a-t, cat). In maths and computing lessons, pupils enjoy decoding secret messages with ciphers. In history, decoding enemy messages at Bletchley Park helped in the Second World War. Phrases: «decoding words», «decoding a message».

### examples

- Decoding new words gets easier with practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decoding/#x1)
- The spies were decoding the secret message all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decoding/#x2)
- Alan Turing's team worked on decoding enemy codes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decoding/#x3)
- We used a key to decoding the pirate's map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decoding/#x4)
- My little brother is good at decoding but slower at understanding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decoding/#x5)
- The computer is decoding the video so it can play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decoding/#x6)
- Decoding the number puzzle took us twenty minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decoding/#x7)

### note

«Decode» = de- (undo) + code. Opposite: encoding. Regular verb, drop the «e» before «-ing». In reading, decoding (saying the word) is different from comprehension (understanding it).

### In the corpora

- [Accurate decoding means reading every sound in order; guessing means saying a word that just looks similar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/22/)
- [Decoding (turning letters into words) and comprehension (understanding what you read) are two different skills.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «decoding» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decoding/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.