Meaning of cipher in English
Verb
cipherDefinitions
1. convert ordinary language into codeExamples
- « We should encode the message for security reasons »
Antonyms
- 2. make a mathematical calculation or computation
Noun
cipherEtymology
late Middle English (in the senses ‘symbol for zero’ and ‘Arabic numeral’): from Old French cifre, based on Arabic ṣifr‘zero’Definitions
1. a message written in a secret code- 2. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
- 3. a quantity of no importance
Examples
- « 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 »
- 4. a person of no influence
- 5. a secret method of writing