Paper 1 · Communication
To decode a message is to
AEvaluate a message
BTranslate ideas into code
CReject a message
DInterpret a message ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Interpret a message — To decode a message is to interpret it, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★To decode a message is to interpret it, so that is the answer.
★Decoding is the receiver's act of drawing meaning from the message.
★The receiver turns the coded symbols back into ideas.
★So decoding means interpreting the message.
★Translating ideas into code is encoding, the opposite act.
★Evaluating or rejecting are later steps, so decoding is interpreting a message.
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