Codify is an English word with synonyms like systematize or systematise. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Codify meaning
- To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
- To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
- To enact as an official rule or law.
Synonyms of Codify
Using Codify
- The main meaning on this page is: To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code. | To collect and arrange in a systematic form. | To enact as an official rule or law.
- Useful related words include: systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise.
- In the example corpus, codify often appears in combinations such as: to codify, codify the, would codify.
Context around Codify
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Codify
- In this selection, "codify" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, abortion, recommendations and protections stand out and add context to how "codify" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include act would codify under federal and aimed to codify the right. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "codify" sits close to words such as abstractions, accosted and adair, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with codify
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Minnesota won’t be the last state to codify that,” Proctor said. (12 words)
Republicans in the Legislature called Democrats' proposal to codify abortion access extreme. (12 words)
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic measure Wednesday to codify a federal right to contraception access. (15 words)
In 2008, voters moved to codify the highest form of legal protection for nature when they enacted a new Constitution packed with environmental rights, including a provision recognizing that nature itself has a right to exist. (36 words)
The Right to IVF Act — which is an updated version of the Spanberger-backed Access to Family Building Act — would codify under federal law the right to access assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, including IVF. (35 words)
And while the BJP has put forth a fierce political stand, replete with rhetoric, all it has effectively done in terms of execution is to codify decades-old judicial pronouncements in a law. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
A Carson City judge struck down a petition initiative that aimed to codify the right to reproductive freedom in the Nevada constitution.
After a House vote Tuesday, the Maine Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would codify recommendations that came from the permanent Advisory Council on Military Sexual Trauma.
Cotham has spoken out for abortion rights in the past and even earlier this year co-sponsored a bill to codify abortion protections into state law.
Interestingly, 12 states without any legislative mandate do codify the coverage of infertility as an essential health benefit, and seven states that legislate infertility benefits do not," Sandozi said.
Minnesota won’t be the last state to codify that,” Proctor said.
Republicans in the Legislature called Democrats' proposal to codify abortion access extreme.
Sheriffs worry it could codify their role as their county’s de facto mental health care provider.
The first will codify protections and privacy for abortion providers as well as their patients, regardless of whether they came from out of state.
I also know once a tax or royalty is put in place, and codify into law, it rarely decreases or is eliminated.
If the organization has its way, the city would not only outlaw unattended tethering; council would also codify proposed conditions for legal tethering.
In 2008, voters moved to codify the highest form of legal protection for nature when they enacted a new Constitution packed with environmental rights, including a provision recognizing that nature itself has a right to exist.
Klein downplayed concerns about Gaetz’s opposition to a bill that would codify a definition of antisemitism.
One ballot measure asks voters to codify same sex marriage; another potential initiative would cut options for transgender students.
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic measure Wednesday to codify a federal right to contraception access.
The bill would codify the NWC’s authority under the Office of Water Protection to lead the transition of national water resources research.
The Right to IVF Act — which is an updated version of the Spanberger-backed Access to Family Building Act — would codify under federal law the right to access assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, including IVF.
And while the BJP has put forth a fierce political stand, replete with rhetoric, all it has effectively done in terms of execution is to codify decades-old judicial pronouncements in a law.
But it’s largely irrelevant because the Legislature is moving a bill ( by Palo Alto Democratic Assemblyman Marc Berman) to codify the governor’s order.
He's endorsed calls for Congress to codify that right, a move that would keep abortion legal statutorily even if the court struck down the constitutional protections.
No doubt people have been observing these differences for as long as societies have existed, and they've attempted to codify them into different systems of understanding.
Common combinations with codify
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: