encrypt
gb/ɪŋkɹˈɪpt/ us/ɪŋkɹˈɪpt/
B2
English
~ 8200
titkosít, rejtjelez, ködösít, burkol, elhomályosít
VERB
B2
TECHNICAL
1
Usage pattern:
to encrypt [data/file/message] (with [a key/password])
The company encrypts all customer data before storing it on their servers.
A cég az összes ügyféladatot titkosítja, mielőtt eltárolná a szerverein.
Please encrypt the document and send me the password in a separate message.
Kérlek, titkosítsd a dokumentumot, és a jelszót külön üzenetben küldd el nekem.
Your internet traffic is encrypted so that hackers cannot read it.
The app automatically encrypts messages from one phone to another.
Learner examples
I always encrypt my email when I send private information.
Mindig titkosítom az e-mailjeimet, amikor bizalmas információt küldök.
The bank website says it will encrypt my credit card number.
A bank honlapja szerint titkosítani fogják a hitelkártyaszámomat.
You should encrypt this file before you share it online.
This chat program can encrypt every message you send.
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse "encrypt" with "encode". "Encode" can mean any change of format (for example, encoding video), but "encrypt" almost always means making information secret and safe. Another common mistake is using the wrong preposition: say "encrypt the file with a password" or "encrypt data using a key", not "encrypt the file by a password" in most standard usage.
Meaning
convert data into coded form
Collocations
encrypt data
|encrypt a file
|encrypt a message
|encrypt traffic
|encrypt the connection
|encrypt sensitive information
Synonyms
encode (General term for changing information into a different form; it is not always for security, while encrypt usually is.)
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cipher (A more specialized or old-fashioned term used in cryptography; often sounds more technical or literary than encrypt.)
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scramble (Informal word suggesting the data is mixed up and unreadable; less precise and less technical than encrypt.)
Antonyms
decrypt (To change encrypted data back to its original readable form, which is the direct opposite process of encrypt.)
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decode (To turn coded information back into normal form; broader than decrypt but often used as its opposite in everyday language.)
Themes
technology
|security
|communication
Definition
To change information into a secret code so that only people with the right key or password can read it.
To change data or a message into a special coded form so that only people with the correct key, password, or software can read it.
VERB
C1
2
Usage pattern:
to encrypt [meaning/message/ideas] (in [language/jargon/speech])
The contract encrypts its real intentions in dense legal jargon.
A szerződés tömény jogi szakzsargonba burkolja a mögötte álló valódi szándékokat.
Some politicians encrypt their promises in careful language so they can later deny them.
Egyes politikusok gondosan megválogatott szavakba burkolják az ígéreteiket, hogy később letagadhassák őket.
Her poetry encrypts personal pain in strange, dreamlike images.
The author encrypts a sharp social critique in what seems like a simple love story.
Learner examples
The writer encrypts his true message in difficult words.
Az író nehéz szavakba burkolja a valódi üzenetét.
He encrypts his ideas in special technical language that I cannot follow.
Speciális szaknyelvbe burkolja a gondolatait, ezért nem tudom követni.
The movie encrypts a political message in a simple story about a family.
She encrypts her true feelings in quiet, careful sentences.
Common mistake:
Learners may not realize this is a figurative, less common use based on the technical meaning. It is usually used about language, ideas, or messages, not about physical objects. Do not use it when you simply mean "to make something a little hard"; it suggests a strong or deliberate hiding of meaning.
Meaning
make meaning hard to understand
Collocations
encrypt his meaning in jargon
|encrypted in technical language
|encrypted political message
|encrypted prose
|encrypt the real message
Synonyms
obscure (Focuses on making the meaning unclear or hard to see; slightly more common in this figurative use than encrypt.)
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veil (Emphasizes covering or partly hiding the real meaning, often with a deliberate, careful feeling.)
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cloud (Suggests making something less clear or more confusing, without the strong technical flavour of encrypt.)
Antonyms
clarify (Means to make the meaning clearer and easier to understand, which is the opposite of encrypting it in complex language.)
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explain (Stresses making ideas plain and understandable, the reverse of hiding them in difficult or coded language.)
Themes
communication
|metaphor
|education
Definition
To say or write something in a way that hides the real meaning, often by using difficult or special words.
To express something in a way that hides or heavily obscures its meaning, for example by using very complex or specialized language.
Grammar
Dictionary form
encrypt
IPA
GB/ɪŋkɹˈɪpt/
US/ɪŋkɹˈɪpt/
Syllables & stress
en - crypt (2 syllables)
Stress on 2nd syllable (crypt)
Word forms
Verb
- Base: encrypt
- 3rd Person Singular: encrypts
- Present Participle: encrypting
- Past: encrypted
Word family
Forms
encrypts
verb
encrypting
verb
encrypted
verb
Core family
encryption
noun B2
Related words
decrypt
verb B2
decryption
noun
Negative and opposite forms
unencrypted
adjective C1
Advanced or less common
cryptography
noun
cryptographic
adjective
Expressions
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