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cod·i·fy

 (kŏd′ĭ-fī′, kō′də-)
tr.v. cod·i·fied, cod·i·fy·ing, cod·i·fies
1. To organize or arrange systematically, especially in writing: "Arguments for the existence of God have been codified for centuries by theologians" (Richard Dawkins).
2. To establish or express in a conventional form or standard formulation: "The unification of motion and rest ... was proposed by Galileo and codified in Newton's first law of motion" (Lee Smolin).
3. To turn (a common law requirement or practice) into law.

cod′i·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
cod′i·fi′er n.
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codify

(ˈkəʊdɪˌfaɪ; ˈkɒ-)
vb, -fies, -fying or -fied
(Communications & Information) (tr) to organize or collect together (laws, rules, procedures, etc) into a system or code
ˈcodiˌfier n
ˌcodiˈfiable adj
ˌcodifiaˈbility n
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cod•i•fy

(ˈkɒd əˌfaɪ, ˈkoʊ də-)

v.t. -fied, -fy•ing.
1. to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
2. to make a digest or systematic arrangement of.
[1795–1805]
cod`i•fi`a•bil′i•ty (-əˈbɪl ɪ ti) n.
cod′i•fi`er, n.
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codify


Past participle: codified
Gerund: codifying

Imperative
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codify
Present
I codify
you codify
he/she/it codifies
we codify
you codify
they codify
Preterite
I codified
you codified
he/she/it codified
we codified
you codified
they codified
Present Continuous
I am codifying
you are codifying
he/she/it is codifying
we are codifying
you are codifying
they are codifying
Present Perfect
I have codified
you have codified
he/she/it has codified
we have codified
you have codified
they have codified
Past Continuous
I was codifying
you were codifying
he/she/it was codifying
we were codifying
you were codifying
they were codifying
Past Perfect
I had codified
you had codified
he/she/it had codified
we had codified
you had codified
they had codified
Future
I will codify
you will codify
he/she/it will codify
we will codify
you will codify
they will codify
Future Perfect
I will have codified
you will have codified
he/she/it will have codified
we will have codified
you will have codified
they will have codified
Future Continuous
I will be codifying
you will be codifying
he/she/it will be codifying
we will be codifying
you will be codifying
they will be codifying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been codifying
you have been codifying
he/she/it has been codifying
we have been codifying
you have been codifying
they have been codifying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been codifying
you will have been codifying
he/she/it will have been codifying
we will have been codifying
you will have been codifying
they will have been codifying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been codifying
you had been codifying
he/she/it had been codifying
we had been codifying
you had been codifying
they had been codifying
Conditional
I would codify
you would codify
he/she/it would codify
we would codify
you would codify
they would codify
Past Conditional
I would have codified
you would have codified
he/she/it would have codified
we would have codified
you would have codified
they would have codified
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.codify - organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"
systematise, systematize, systemise, systemize - arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"
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codify

verb systematize, catalogue, classify, summarize, tabulate, collect, organize The latest draft of the agreement codifies the panel's decision.
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Translations

codify

[ˈkəʊdɪfaɪ] VTcodificar
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codify

[ˈkəʊdɪfaɪ] vt [+ rules, laws] → codifier
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codify

vt lawskodifizieren
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codify

[ˈkəʊdɪfaɪ] vtcodificare (leggi)
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In contrast, the second one is characterised by codifiable knowledge rooted in the organisation itself and is consistent with human resource management based on external labour flexibility.
Likewise, Zander and Kogut (1995) found that codifiable product-based knowledge transfers effortlessly compared with less articulable knowledge.
Design provided strong technical and cultural elements of professional status, but the occupation was always in a weaken ed position resulting from internal disputes as to how far architectural knowledge was codifiable as a form of scientific knowledge, and how far it was, within the arena of 'indeterminacy' (Jamous and Peloille 1970; MacDonald 1995; Svensson 1990) as an art form.
This concept was well articulated in the 1980s when advocates of professional reform argued that there exists "a codified or codifiable aggregation of knowledge, skill, (and) understanding [about teaching] ...
That determination must be made through the exercise of developed capacities of recognition and appreciation, but without guidance by a criterion or codifiable rules.
If it is wrong to interpret Annas's notion of principled understanding as possession of codifiable generalizations, it's equally wrong to think it empty of generalization altogether.
In contrast, product innovations are codifiable and are more easily transferrable between organizations, but this also makes them susceptible to competitor imitation.
The conversation then enacted recalls Swift's critique of "polite conversation" made in his 1738 essay of that title, the rationale of which is, as Edward Said remarks, "that polite talk really speaks itself" (Said 59)--since it is codifiable within a pointedly superfluous instruction manual.
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Therefore, training and learning have not been successfully institutionalized, and even noninstitutional forms of training, such as apprenticeship, can have only a very minimal effect on homogenization within garbage can systems because no standard, codifiable rules or procedures are transmitted.
Since dynamic capabilities include tacit elements, they are not processes or routines in and of themselves (which are usually explicit and codifiable), but rather undergirded by processes and routines whose roles are coordination/integration, learning, and reconfiguration (O'Reilly and Tushman 2011; Teece et al.
These methods involve one-way communication, do not require direct personal contact, and are appropriate media for relaying codifiable knowledge, such as rules and procedures.