codified

[kod-uh-fahyd, koh-duh-] / ˈkɒd əˌfaɪd, ˈkoʊ də- /

ADJECTIVE

established

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chartered completed founded incorporated initiated organized ratified set up settled

STRONG

begun conceived endowed equipped finished inaugurated instituted originated produced realized systematized

Antonyms

STRONG

incomplete unfinished

WEAK

false insolvent invalidated temporary unsound untrue

ADJECTIVE

hypothetic

Synonyms

WEAK

abstract academic analytical as a premise assumed conjectural contingent formalistic formularized general hypothetical ideal idealized ideational ideological imaginative impractical in the abstract in theory instanced intelle

ADJECTIVE

theoretic

Synonyms

WEAK

abstract academic analytical as a premise assumed conjectural contingent formalistic formularized general hypothetic hypothetical ideal idealized ideational ideological imaginative impractical in the abstract in theory instanced intellectual logical metaphysical notional on paper pedantic philosophical postulated presumed problematical pure quixotic speculative suppositional tentative transcendent transcendental unearthly unproved unsubstantiated vague

ADJECTIVE

theoretical

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abstract academic analytical imaginative intellectual logical metaphysical philosophical speculative vague

WEAK

as a premise assumed conjectural contingent formalistic formularized general ideal idealized ideational ideological impractical in the abstract in theory instanced notional on paper pedantic postulated presumed problematical pure quixotic suppositional tentative transcendent transcendental unearthly unproved unsubstantiated

Antonyms

STRONGEST

concrete ignorant illogical material objective physical real simple

WEAK

certain definite factual proven

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Google codified this by instituting “20% time”—work on anything you want—which produced Google News, Gmail and AdSense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“There is a method to how these decisions historically have been made — a method scientific in nature and codified into law through procedural requirements,” Murphy wrote.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

These are the athlete expression guidelines, external, determined in 2023 and which have been codified into Olympic law.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Discounts are not codified into law and are subject to change or discontinuation.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Einstein codified these rules in the special theory of relativity.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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