Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

    Dekorieren, Verschönern

    украше́ниеukrašénije

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation.

    Dekoration, Verschönerung

    украше́ниеukrašénije, декора́цияdekorácija

    прикра́саprykrása, оздо́баozdóba

  3. (countable, uncountable)Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.

    Auszeichnung

    награ́даnagráda

  4. (countable, uncountable)The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host

  5. (Hong Kong, countable, uncountable)Refurbishment; renovation

More definitions
  • the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)
  • something used to beautify
  • an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

Examples

73 sentences
  1. Let's put up some Christmas decorations.

  2. You've done a wonderful job on the interior decoration.

  3. Tom and Mary spent the day putting up Christmas decorations.

  4. Tom told Mary she put up her Christmas decorations too early.

  5. Tom told Mary that she put up her Christmas decorations too early.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
that which adorns:
Русский
By meaning 3
act of adorning:
that which adorns:
any mark of honor to be worn upon the person:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
act of adorning:
that which adorns:
any mark of honor to be worn upon the person:

Origin

From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration. Morphologically decorate + -ion.

From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration. Morphologically decorate + -ion.

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