English Explanatory Dictionary

decorate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To furnish with decorations.
  2. To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
  3. To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.
  4. To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.
adj
  1. decorated, adorned

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/ en-us-decorate.ogg

Word forms

decorate decorates decorating decorated more decorate most decorate

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

adore adorn apparel array invest detail beautify bedeck betrim commend decorate decore deck deck out do up dress up dub embellish enrich garnish grace mangonize ornament prettify pretty up

Antonyms

deface disfigure defigure distort

Related words

decoration beautiful

Derived words

decoratable decorative decorator decoratress decoratrix decorin immunodecorate misdecorate overdecorate redecorate undecorate

Translations

Bulgarian: ремонтирам Bulgarian: реновирам Czech: zdobit Finnish: somistaa French: décorer German: tapezieren German: streichen German: ausschmücken Hebrew: עיטר Hebrew: קישט Japanese: 模様替えをする Māori: whakarārakei Māori: nakonako Nheengatu: mupuranga Nheengatu: mpuranga Norwegian Bokmål: innrede Norwegian Nynorsk: innreie Occitan: decorar Persian: آراستن Portuguese: decorar Scottish Gaelic: sgeadaich Swedish: inreda Telugu: అలంకరించు
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