write in code

To write something in a secret or disguised form using a system of symbols, letters, or numbers to conceal its meaning from unauthorized readers.

• 🇫🇷Écrire quelque chose sous une forme secrète ou masquée, en utilisant un système de symboles, de lettres ou de chiffres afin d'en cacher le sens aux lecteurs non autorisés.

1. Encrypt or encode B2 formal

   To write something using a secret system of symbols or letters to hide its meaning.

   • The spies wrote their messages in code to avoid detection.
   • During the war, soldiers often wrote in code.
   • He learned how to write in code for his cryptography class.

   🇫🇷écrire en code

2. Write in a programming language A2 informal

   To write instructions for a computer using a programming language.

   • She can write in code using Python and Java.
   • The developer wrote the new feature in code.
   • He spends hours writing in code for his software projects.

   🇫🇷écrire du code