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No. 4,057 in French

codes

Rules, systems, or signals used for communication or understanding.

In a sentence

  • Les codes de la porte sont nécessaires pour entrer dans le bâtiment.

    The door codes are necessary to enter the building.

    In this sentence, 'codes' refers to security or access codes used to gain entry.

  • Elle maîtrise les codes sociaux pour s'intégrer facilement.

    She masters the social codes to integrate easily.

    Here, 'codes' represents social norms or rules that guide behavior.

  • Dans la programmation, les codes doivent être précis pour éviter les erreurs.

    In programming, codes must be precise to avoid errors.

    In this example, 'codes' pertains to computer code or programming instructions.

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