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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.

co de of pra c|tice (codes of practice ) N‑COUNT A code of practice is a set of written rules which explains how people working in a particular profession should behave. □  The auctioneers are violating a code of practice by dealing in stolen goods.

co -depe ndent (co-dependents ) ADJ A co-dependent person is in an unsatisfactory relationship with someone who is ill or an addict, but does not want the relationship to end. [TECHNICAL ] □  Guys can be co-dependent, too. ● N‑COUNT Co-dependent is also a noun. □  The program is geared around the problems of being a co-dependent. ●  co-dependency N‑UNCOUNT □  …the dangers of co-dependency.

co de word (code words ) also codeword , code-word N‑COUNT A code word is a word or phrase that has a special meaning, different from its normal meaning, for the people who have agreed to use it in this way. □ [+ for ] …magnum, the code word for launching a radar attack.

co|dex /koʊ deks/ (codices ) N‑COUNT A codex is an ancient type of book which was written by hand, not printed.

codg|er /kɒ dʒə ^r / (codgers ) N‑COUNT [usu adj N ] Old codger is a disrespectful way of referring to an old man. [DISAPPROVAL ]

co|di|ces /koʊ d I siː z/ Codices is the plural of codex .

codi|cil /koʊ d I s I l, [AM ] kɑː d-/ (codicils ) N‑COUNT A codicil is an instruction that is added to a will after the main part of it has been written. [LEGAL ]

codi|fy /koʊ d I fa I , [AM ] kɑː d-/ (codifies , codifying , codified ) VERB If you codify a set of rules, you define them or present them in a clear and ordered way. □ [V n] The latest draft of the agreement codifies the panel's decision. ●  codi|fi|ca|tion /koʊ d I f I ke I ʃ ^ə n, [AM ] kɑː d-/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] The codification of the laws began in the 1840s.

cod|ing /koʊ d I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT [usu adj N ] Coding is a method of making something easy to recognize or distinct, for example by colouring it. □  …a colour coding that will ensure easy reference for potential users.

co d-liver oi l also cod liver oil N‑UNCOUNT Cod liver oil is a thick yellow oil which is given as a medicine, especially to children, because it is full of vitamins A and D.

cod|piece /kɒ dpiːs/ (codpieces ) N‑COUNT A codpiece was a piece of material worn by men in the 15th and 16th centuries to cover their genitals.

cods|wallop /kɒ dzwɒləp/ N‑UNCOUNT If you describe something that someone has just said as codswallop , you mean that you think it is nonsense. [BRIT , INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  This is a load of codswallop.

co -ed (co-eds ) in AM, usually use coed 1 ADJ A co-ed school or college is the same as a co-educational school or college. □  He was educated at a co-ed comprehensive school.

2 N‑COUNT A co-ed is a female student at a co-educational college or university. [AM , INFORMAL ] □  …two University of Florida coeds.