He sent a coded message to CIA headquarters.codedcod‧ed /ˈkəʊdɪd $ ˈkoʊ-/ AWL adjective 
He sent a coded message to CIA headquarters.2having a set of numbers, letters, or symbols to show what something is or give information about it: The wires are colour coded for easy identification.3coded language expresses your opinion in an indirect way because it will probably offend someone: They voiced their criticism in coded statements.4technical coded sounds or signals can only be understood by special machines: coded signals broadcast by the BBC radio transmitters
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Beatrice's column provides a coded guide to their affair.
- One room could be filled entirely with keyboards, which operated by punching coded perforations on to a roll of paper ribbon.
- That is to say, is it a coded account of its own contradictions that come out in reading?
- The report was brief, no more than a single line of coded message, yet it was significant.
- These codes are then inserted in each of the sense definitions to create a corpus of coded definitions.
- These transmit coded signals containing information from highly accurate atomic clocks on board.
- You won't see all this fancy formatting on your document; it's all carried out by coded instructions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He sent a coded message to CIA headquarters. The wires are colour coded for easy identification.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
He sent a coded message to CIA headquarters. The wires are colour coded for easy identification.· The report was brief, no more than a single line of coded message, yet it was significant.· All of which brings us back to the 1987 State of World Population Report and its coded messages.· Computer tags carry a coded message which the computer at the cash desk can read.· Generally, this coded message contains information about the item: its stock code number, size, colour etc.· The court found the idea of Mr Warner unconsciously communicating coded messages to Samuel's fellow criminals quite ridiculous.· Vidalin was among many who transmitted coded messages to the Resistance.· What are we to make of these coded messages that go on bombarding us in their attempt to break through?
WORD FAMILYnouncodecodingadjectivecodedverbcode
1coded information uses a system of words, letters, or symbols instead of ordinary writing so that it can only be understood by someone else who knows the system: He sent a coded message to CIA headquarters.2having a set of numbers, letters, or symbols to show what something is or give information about it: The wires are colour coded for easy identification.3coded language expresses your opinion in an indirect way because it will probably offend someone: They voiced their criticism in coded statements.4technical coded sounds or signals can only be understood by special machines: coded signals broadcast by the BBC radio transmitters