2 ADJ If you say that someone is cocooned , you mean that they are isolated and protected from everyday life and problems. □ [+ in ] She was cocooned in a private world of privilege. □ [+ from ] They were cocooned from the experience of poverty.
cod /kɒ d/ (cods or cod )
1 N‑VAR Cod are a type of large edible fish. ● N‑UNCOUNT Cod is this fish eaten as food. □ A Catalan speciality is to serve salt cod cold.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] You use cod to describe something which is not genuine and which is intended to deceive or amuse people by looking or sounding like the real thing. [BRIT ] □ …a cod documentary on what animals think of living in a zoo.
coda /koʊ də/ (codas )
1 N‑COUNT A coda is a separate passage at the end of something such as a book or a speech that finishes it off.
2 N‑COUNT In music, a coda is the final part of a fairly long piece of music which is added in order to finish it off in a pleasing way.
cod|dle /kɒ d ə l/ (coddles , coddling , coddled ) VERB To coddle someone means to treat them too kindly or protect them too much. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V n] She coddled her youngest son madly.
code ◆◇◇ /koʊ d/ (codes , coding , coded )
1 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A code is a set of rules about how people should behave or about how something must be done. □ …Article 159 of the Turkish penal code. □ [+ of ] …the code of the Samurai. □ …local building codes.
2 N‑COUNT [oft in N ] A code is a system of replacing the words in a message with other words or symbols, so that nobody can understand it unless they know the system. □ They used elaborate secret codes, as when the names of trees stood for letters. □ If you can't remember your number, write it in code in a diary.
3 N‑COUNT A code is a group of numbers or letters which is used to identify something, such as a postal address or part of a telephone system. □ Callers dialling the wrong area code will not get through.
4 N‑COUNT A code is any system of signs or symbols that has a meaning. □ Only one voucher or promotional code can be used per transaction.
5 N‑COUNT The genetic code of a person, animal or plant is the information contained in DNA which determines the structure and function of cells, and the inherited characteristics of all living things. □ …the genetic code that determines every bodily feature.
6 VERB If a gene codes for something such as a substance or characteristic, it creates or determines it. □ [V for ] These genes code for proteins that appear to play a role in appetite control. □ [V for ] …the genes that code for facial appearance.
7 VERB To code something means to give it a code or to mark it with its code. □ [V n] He devised a way of coding every statement uniquely.
8 N‑UNCOUNT Computer code is a system or language for expressing information and instructions in a form which can be understood by a computer. [COMPUTING ]
9 VERB To code means to write programs and instructions for a computer using computer code. □ [V ] Learning to code may be the fastest way into employment for young people. □ [V n] The course teaches you to code a multi-platform web app in just one day.
10 → see also bar code , Highway Code , machine code , morse code , postcode , zip code SYNONYMS code NOUN 1
principle: …moral principles.
rule: Strictly speaking, this was against the rules.
ethic: It is common to distinguish between personal and social ethics.
etiquette: …the rules of diplomatic etiquette.
convention: It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts.
maxim: I believe in the maxim 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.
cod|ed /koʊ d I d/
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Coded messages have words or symbols which represent other words, so that the message is secret unless you know the system behind the code. □ She was fascinated with coded messages, secrets and plots.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If someone is using coded language, they are expressing their opinion in an indirect way, usually because that opinion is likely to offend people. □ It's widely assumed that his lyrics were coded references to homosexuality.
3 ADJ [ADJ n] Coded electronic signals use a binary system of digits which can be decoded by an appropriate machine. [TECHNICAL ] □ The coded signal is received by satellite dish aerials.
co|deine /koʊ diːn/ N‑UNCOUNT Codeine is a drug which is used to relieve pain, especially headaches, and the symptoms of a cold.
co de name (code names , code naming , code named ) also codename , code-name
1 N‑COUNT [usu N n] A code name is a name used for someone or something in order to keep their identity secret. □ One of their informers was working under the code name Czerny.
2 VERB [usu passive] If a military or police operation is code-named something, it is given a name which only the people involved in it know. □ [be V -ed n] The operation was code-named Moonlight Sonata. □ [V -ed] …a military contingent, code-named Sparrowhawk.
co de of co n|duct (codes of conduct ) N‑COUNT The code of conduct for a group or organization is an agreement on rules of behaviour for the members of that group or organization. □ Doctors in Britain say a new code of conduct is urgently needed to protect the doctor-patient relationship.