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coding

/kəʊdɪŋ//koʊdɪŋ/

coding noun: the process of encoding or decoding. Also the abbreviation of coding.

Noun

coding (countable and uncountable, plural codings)

  1. The process of encoding or decoding.
  2. An encoding.
  3. The process of writing computer software code.
    • I spent all night on the coding, but the program was ready by morning.
    • I spent decades as a knowledge worker in technology, precisely where society wanted me—in front of screens, building digital products, becoming the very kind of specialist I’m now critiquing. Like many of my generation, I learned some simple coding before I learned to fix a leaky faucet or [to]...2024 November 29, Joshua Stylman, How Engineered Dependency Erases Our Autonomy
  4. A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
  5. An alternative therapy used to treat addictions by convincing the patient (through hypnosis, placebos, etc.) that the substance will harm or kill them if they use it again.
  6. A 1-uniform morphism; an injective morphism; a morphism that maps letter to letter

Adjective

coding (not comparable)

  1. (Philippines) Applied to vehicles when they are under number coding.
    • My car is coding today, so I cannot drive.

Also used as

coding is also the abbreviation of coding.

coding is also the present participle and gerund of code.

coding meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

coding in Hindi

कोडिंग, कोडिंग करना

coding in Marathi

कोडिंग, कोडिंग करणे

coding in Urdu

کوڈنگ

coding in Bengali

কোডিং
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coding in Telugu
కోడింగ్, కోడింగు
coding in Malayalam
കോഡിംഗ്, കോഡിങ്, കോഡിംഗിലേക്ക്
coding in Kannada
ಕೋಡಿಂಗ್, ಕೋಡಿಂಗು
coding in Punjabi
ਕੋਡਿੰਗ
coding in Gujarati
કોડિંગ, કોડીંગ
coding in Odia
କୋଡିଂ, କୋଡ଼ିଙ୍ଗ, କୋଡ଼ିଂ
coding in Nepali
कोडिङ, कोडिङ्ग, कोडिङ्

Examples of coding in a sentence

  • He had created a file for coding to design a new product.
  • Alice: "I think we should stop coding and go grab a couple of pints."
  • I have a lot of interest in doing online coding.

All 40 example sentences with coding

Synonyms of coding

Forms of coding

pluralcodings

Plural of coding: codings

Origin of coding

From code + -ing.

Words formed from coding

Phrases with coding

Questions about coding

What does coding mean?
Coding means the process of encoding or decoding.
What is coding in Hindi?
Coding in Hindi is कोडिंग, कोडिंग करना. See Coding meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is coding?
Coding can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce coding?
Coding is pronounced /koʊdɪŋ/ (US).
What is the plural of coding?
The plural of coding is codings.

Words near coding in the dictionary

  1. codimension
  2. codimensional
  3. codimensions
  4. codimer
  5. codimers
  6. coding
  7. coding theory
  8. coding time
  9. coding times
  10. coding up
  11. codings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coding (page history and authors); coding (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coding (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coding (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coding (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coding (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coding (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coding (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coding (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coding (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coding (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coding (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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