Dictionary

codification en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkoʊ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
• /ˌkɑ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˌkəʊ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws.
   • The task force spent months on the codification of their mandate.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act or result of arranging something into a code; the act of setting down a body of knowledge in a systematic way.
   • The link between language norms and the codification of a language – in dictionaries, grammars and usage guides – is well accepted. 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114:

Forms

Coordinates

encoding

Deriveds

recodification · codificationist

Relateds

legal code

Translations (20)

ro codificare (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · vi pháp điển hóa (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · eo kodigo (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · cmn 法律成文化 (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · nl codificatie (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · id kodifikasi (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · cmn 成文化 (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · fi kodifikaatio (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · fi koostaminen (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · ia codification (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · et koodimine (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · pl kodyfikacja (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · cmn 法典化 (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · de Kodifikation (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · bg кодифика́ция (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · fr codification (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · el κωδικοποίηση (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · ja 成文化 (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · cs kodifikace (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws) · ru кодифика́ция (the process of precisely formulating a statement, as a code of laws)