cipher
/ˈsaɪfə(r)/noun
उच्चारण साइफ़र
गुप्त लिपि, कूट
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[C, U]
a secret way of writing, especially one in which a set of letters or symbols is used to represent others
गुप्त लिपि, कूट
- a message in cipher
- The soldiers sent their report to headquarters in cipher so the enemy could not read it.
- The spy wrote his notes in cipher.
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- Students tried to crack the cipher in the puzzle book.
- The letter was in a cipher known only to the two friends.
Synonyms code cryptogram secret writing encryption
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[C] disapproving
a person or thing of no importance
नगण्य व्यक्ति, शून्य
- He was a mere cipher in the office.
- The new clerk felt like a cipher, because nobody asked for his opinion.
- He felt like a cipher in a large company.
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- The ruler was a mere cipher, controlled by his ministers.
- She refused to be a cipher in her own home.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
ci·pher
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Keep the code words together: cipher (a secret system of writing), code, encryption (changing data into code for security), cryptography (the study of codes), decipher (find the meaning of a code).
कूट के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: cipher (लेखन की गुप्त पद्धति), code, encryption (सुरक्षा के लिए डेटा को कूट में बदलना), cryptography (कूटों का अध्ययन), decipher (कूट का अर्थ निकालना)।
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One-word substitution
A person of no importance is a cipher or nonentity; a person controlled by others a puppet.
नगण्य व्यक्ति cipher या nonentity; दूसरों द्वारा नियंत्रित व्यक्ति puppet (कठपुतली)।
General knowledge
History: cipher originally meant zero, from the Arabic sifr.
इतिहास में cipher का मूल अर्थ शून्य था, Arabic sifr से।