decipher

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Eine schwer lesbare Schrift lesen oder verstehen können.

In einfachem Englisch: To manage to read or understand writing that is difficult to make out.

• I can’t decipher your handwriting.
• She deciphered the faded words on the postcard.
• Can anyone decipher this signature?

Synonyme: make out, read

Häufige Wendungen: decipher someone’s handwriting, decipher a note, hard to decipher

entschlüsseln, dechiffrieren

Die ursprünglichen Wörter einer geheim verschlüsselten Nachricht herausfinden.

In einfachem Englisch: To work out the ordinary words hidden in a secret code.

• They deciphered the secret message.
• Can you decipher this code without the key?
• Experts are trying to decipher the intercepted signals.

Synonyme: decode, decrypt

Gegenteile: encode, encrypt

Häufige Wendungen: decipher a code, decipher a message, decipher secret writing

lösen, enträtseln

Die Lösung für ein schwieriges Problem herausfinden.

In einfachem Englisch: To work out the answer to a difficult problem.

• We finally deciphered the puzzle.
• She tried to decipher the mystery behind the missing files.
• Can you decipher this logic problem?

Synonyme: solve, figure out, unravel

Häufige Wendungen: decipher a puzzle, decipher a mystery, decipher the problem