Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To furnish with decorations.

    We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.

    ausschmücken, dekorieren

    украша́тьukrašátʹ, укра́ситьukrásitʹ, декори́роватьdekorírovatʹ

  2. (ambitransitive)To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.

    There's some paint left over from when we decorated the guest bedroom.

    We moved in over a month ago but we still haven't gotten started on decorating.

    tapezieren, streichen, ausschmücken

  3. (transitive)To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.

    He was decorated for his service in three wars.

    award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to

  4. (transitive)To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.

    It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.

Examples

351 sentences

  1. She decorated her room with roses.

    Вона прикрасила свою кiмнату трояндами. — rmdas

    ruОна украсила свою комнату розами. — ae5s

    deSie hat ihr Zimmer mit Rosen dekoriert. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Tom helped Mary decorate her Christmas tree.

    Том допоміг Мері прикрасити ялинку. — deniko

    ruТом помог Мэри нарядить рождественскую ёлку. — Wezel

    deTom half Maria beim Schmücken ihres Weihnachtsbaumes. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom decorated his house with Christmas lights.

    Том прикрасив свій будинок різдвяними вогнями. — deniko

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  4. Let's decorate the Christmas tree.

    Давай наряджати ялинку. — deniko

    ruДавай наряжать ёлку! — marafon

    deLasst uns den Weihnachtsbaum schmücken. — GuidoW

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  5. Mary decorated the cake.

    Мері прикрасила торт. — deniko

    ruМэри украсила торт. — odexed

    deMaria garnierte die Torte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to furnish with decorations:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to furnish with decorations:
to improve the appearance of a house, room, office and so forth:

Origin

From Middle English decorat (“adorned”), from Latin decorātus, perfect passive participle

From Middle English decorat (“adorned”), from Latin decorātus, perfect passive participle of decorō (“to adorn, distinguish, honor”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from decus (“ornament, grace, dignity, honor”, decor- in compounds), akin to decor (“elegance, grace, beauty, ornament”), from decet (“adorn, befit”).

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Forms

decorates, decorating, decorated, decorated
Base formdecorate · to decorate
3rd person singulardecorates
Present participledecorating
Past simpledecorated
Past participledecorated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydecorate
he, she, itdecorates

Past simpleLesson

all personsdecorated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave decorated
he, she, ithas decorated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill decorate

Synonyms

26 synonyms
adoreB2adornB2investB1detailA2beautifyB2commendC1deckB2enrichB1graceA2ornamentB2apparelarraybedeckbetrim
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
defacedisfiguredefiguredistort

Word family

13 related words
RelateddecorationB2beautifulA1decorativedecordecorator
Deriveddecoratressdecoratrixdecorinimmunodecoratemisdecorateoverdecorateredecorateundecorate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
decompositionB2decompressdeconstructdecordecorationB2decorativeB2decorator
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