Decent ˈdiːsnt Job I People Adjective Meal/Place Live

• a decent meal/place to live
• mark did a decent job as a replacement for turner.
• i just want to get a decent job with decent pay.
• a decent pension/wage/standard of living

decent

1. of a good enough standard or quality
• a decent meal/place to live
• Mark did a decent job as a replacement for Turner.
• I just want to get a decent job with decent pay.
• a decent pension/wage/standard of living
• I need a decent night's sleep.
• We think he's got a decent chance of qualifying.
• The acting in the film is actually pretty decent.

Extra Examples

• The bar looked decent enough.
• We had trouble finding a hotel that was halfway decent.
• He looks as if he could do with a decent meal.
• We aim to provide decent affordable housing for everyone.
2. honest and fair; treating people with respect
• ordinary, decent, hard-working people
• Everyone said he was a decent sort of guy.
• Mr Harvey emerged as a thoroughly decent bloke.
• My uncle has been pretty decent to me.
• That's very decent of you.
3. acceptable to people in a particular situation
• a decent burial
• That dress isn't decent.
• She ought to have waited for a decent interval before getting married again.
4. wearing enough clothes to allow somebody to see you
• COMPARE indecent
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• I can't go to the door—I'm not decent.
5. to do what people or society expect, especially in a difficult situation
• He did the decent thing and resigned.

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘suitable, appropriate’): from Latin decent- ‘being fitting’, from the verb decere.