{
    "term": "code",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a system of words, letters, numbers or symbols that represent a message or record information secretly or in a shorter form",
            "sensetop": "in code",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **break/crack a code** *(= to understand and read the message)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's written in code.",
                    "contextForm": "in code"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the event of the machine not operating correctly, an error code will appear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tap your code number into the machine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The code was difficult to crack."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["area", "dialling", "post"],
                "verb + code": ["generate"],
                "code + noun": ["number", "generator"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the numbers that are used for a particular town, area or country, in front of an individual phone number",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are three codes for London."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["area", "dialling", "post"],
                "verb + code": ["generate"],
                "code + noun": ["number", "generator"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a system of computer programming instructions",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Bill **wrote the** computer **code** for the project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**malicious code** that will infect your computer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You only need to add a few **lines of code**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["binary", "executable", "HTML"],
                "verb + code": ["execute", "write", "modify"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a set of moral principles or rules of behaviour that are generally accepted by society or a social group",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The school enforces a strict **code of conduct**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **code of ethics**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lives by her own **moral code**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Knights in the Middle Ages had a strong code of honour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a rigid code of honour associated with the cult."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There should be a clear ethical code for researchers working with human subjects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A long-standing, unwritten code of behaviour governs relations between ministers and civil servants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is an unwritten code that says ‘Do not date your best friend's ex.’"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["strict", "unwritten", "ethical"],
                "verb + code": ["have", "adopt", "draw up"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a code of behaviour/​behavior",
                    "a code of conduct",
                    "a code of ethics"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a system of laws or written rules that state how people in an institution or a country should behave",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Supreme Council adopted a new criminal code."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The theater did not comply with modern **building codes** and was not accessible to wheelchair users."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has drawn up a new disciplinary code."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a statutory code approved by Parliament, it is not mere guidance."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["strict", "unwritten", "ethical"],
                "verb + code": ["have", "adopt", "draw up"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a code of behaviour/​behavior",
                    "a code of conduct",
                    "a code of ethics"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəʊd/",
                "audio": "co/code/code__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəʊd/",
                "audio": "co/code/code__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin codex, codic- literally ‘block of wood’, later denoting a block split into leaves or tablets for writing on, hence a book. The term originally denoted a systematic collection of statutes made by Justinian or another of the later Roman emperors; compare with sense (5) (mid 18th cent.), the earliest modern sense."
}