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cipher
nounfemininegeneral usecommon/ˈsifɾɐ/ci·fra
Definitions
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A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.
Usage examples
“The document was encoded using a military cipher. / He spent years trying to crack the ancient cipher.”
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cipher codebreak a ciphersubstitution cipher
2
An amount of money expressed in numbers.
Usage examples
“The final figure for the project was within budget. / He quoted a figure that seemed too high.”
Common combinations
sales figurerecord figurereach a figure