1 [count] a : a set of laws or regulations
▪ the state's criminal code ▪ the tax code ▪ the city's plumbing/electrical/building codes ▪ The school has a dress code. [=rules about what a person can wear] — see also penal code
b : a set of ideas or rules about how to behave
▪ a moral code ▪ Everyone in the organization has to follow its code of ethics. ▪ The army has a strict code of conduct/behavior. 2 a : a set of letters, numbers, symbols, etc., that is used to secretly send messages to someone [count] ▪ The enemy was unable to break/crack the army's secret code. [noncount] ▪ The message was sent in code. — see also morse code
b [count] : a set of letters, numbers, symbols, etc., that identifies or gives information about something or someone
▪ Every item in the store has a product code. ▪ Enter your security code to access the computer. ▪ Each employee is given a code number. — see also area code, bar code, dialling code, postcode, zip code 3 [noncount] : a set of instructions for a computer
▪ He was hired to write programming code. ▪ lines of code
▪ the state's criminal code ▪ the tax code ▪ the city's plumbing/electrical/building codes ▪ The school has a dress code. [=rules about what a person can wear] — see also penal code
b : a set of ideas or rules about how to behave
▪ a moral code ▪ Everyone in the organization has to follow its code of ethics. ▪ The army has a strict code of conduct/behavior.
b [count] : a set of letters, numbers, symbols, etc., that identifies or gives information about something or someone
▪ Every item in the store has a product code. ▪ Enter your security code to access the computer. ▪ Each employee is given a code number. — see also area code, bar code, dialling code, postcode, zip code
▪ He was hired to write programming code. ▪ lines of code







