{
    "term": "decipher",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "decipher",
            "heSheIt": "deciphers"
        },
        "pastSimple": "deciphered",
        "pastParticiple": "deciphered",
        "ingForm": "deciphering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to convert something written in code into normal language",
            "sensetop": "decipher something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were able to decipher the French military codes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She quickly deciphered the whole message."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to succeed in finding the meaning of something that is difficult to read or understand",
            "sensetop": "decipher something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Can anyone decipher his handwriting?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She watched the girl’s expression closely, trying to decipher her meaning."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfə(r)/",
                "audio": "de/decipher/decipher__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfəz/",
                "audio": "de/decipher/deciphers__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfəd/",
                "audio": "de/decipher/deciphered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/decipher/deciphering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfər/",
                "audio": "de/decipher/decipher__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfərz/",
                "audio": "de/decipher/deciphers__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfərd/",
                "audio": "de/decipher/deciphered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsaɪfərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/decipher/deciphering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: from de- (expressing reversal) + cipher, on the pattern of French déchiffrer."
}