decipher

/dɪˈsaɪfər/
verb
  1. To convert a code, cipher, or secret writing into normal language; to decode.
    • Using the key, she could decipher the coded instructions.
    • The spy tried to decipher the enemy's secret message.
    • Historians worked to decipher the ancient hieroglyphs.
  2. To figure out or interpret something that is difficult to read, understand, or make sense of.
    • It took me a while to decipher the map's confusing symbols.
    • I could barely decipher his messy handwriting.
    • She tried to decipher the meaning of his strange expression.
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