decode

US /diːˈkoʊd/
UK /diːˈkoʊd/
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1.

convert (a message or text) from a code into ordinary language.

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The intelligence agency managed to decode the enemy's secret messages.
It took him a while to decode the complex instructions.
2.

understand or interpret (a message or behavior).

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It's hard to decode his true intentions from his vague statements.
Children learn to decode words as they learn to read.