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- [sahy-fer]
- /ˈsaɪ fər/
- /ˈsaɪ.fər/
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- [sahy-fer]
- /ˈsaɪ fər/
Definitions of cypher word
- abbreviation CYPHER cipher 3
- noun cypher zero. 1
- noun cypher any of the Arabic numerals or figures. 1
- noun cypher Arabic numerical notation collectively. 1
- noun cypher something of no value or importance. 1
- noun cypher a person of no influence; nonentity. 1
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Origin of cypher
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English siphre < Medieval Latin ciphra < Arabic ṣifr empty, zero; translation of Sanskrit śūnyā empty
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Parts of speech for Cypher
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cypher popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cypher
noun cypher
- code — A code is a set of rules about how people should behave or about how something must be done.
- symbols — something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.
- cryptograph — something written in code or cipher
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- nobody — a person of no importance, influence, or power.
verb cypher
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
- compute — To compute a quantity or number means to calculate it.
- count — A Count is a European nobleman with the same rank as an English earl.
- decipher — to determine the meaning of (something obscure or illegible)
Antonyms for cypher
verb cypher
- guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- code — A code is a set of rules about how people should behave or about how something must be done.
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