What part of speech is cypher?

Cypher can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. cypher is a verb, present, 1st person singular of cypher (infinitive).
  • 2. cypher is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. cypher is a noun, singular of cyphers.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does cypher mean?

Definitions

Verb

cypher - make a mathematical calculation or computation
cypher - convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"

Noun

cypher - a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
cypher - a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
cypher - a message written in a secret code
cypher - a person of no influence
cypher - a secret method of writing

Examples of cypher

#   Sentence  
1. noun Do you know how to make a cypher?
Sentence  
noun
Do you know how to make a cypher?

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