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She has an American accent.
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Meanings
noun
- a system of words, letters, figures, or symbols used to represent others, especially for the purposes of secrecy.E.g. the Americans cracked their diplomatic code
- program instructions.E.g. assembly code
- a systematic collection of laws or statutes.E.g. a revision of the penal code
verb
- convert (the words of a message) into a code so as to convey a secret meaning.E.g. only Mitch knew how to read the message—even the name was coded
- write code for (a computer program).E.g. most developers code C + + like C
- be the genetic code for (an amino acid or protein).E.g. genes that code for human growth hormone
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