Decorated Decorate Room ˈdekəreɪt Decorating Verb Flowers Balloons

• they decorated the room with flowers and balloons.
• the cake was decorated to look like a car.
• the family gets together on christmas eve to decorate the tree.
• i hate decorating.

decorate

Verb Forms

1. to make something look more attractive by putting things on it
• They decorated the room with flowers and balloons.
• The cake was decorated to look like a car.
• The family gets together on Christmas Eve to decorate the tree.
2. to put paint, wallpaper, etc. on the walls and ceilings of a room or house
• I hate decorating.
• to decorate a room/a wall/a house/an apartment
• We need to decorate the sitting room.
• The sitting room needs decorating.
• These villas come fully furnished and decorated.
• The bedrooms are tastefully decorated.
• The room is decorated in pale blues and greens.
• The dining room is decorated in a modern style.
3. to be placed on something in order to make it look more attractive
• SYNONYM adorn
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• Photographs of actors decorated the walls of the restaurant.
4. to give somebody an award or medal as a sign of respect for something they have done
• She was decorated for her efforts during the war.
• decorated war heroes/veterans

Extra Examples

• He was decorated for bravery.
• the most highly decorated unit in the British Army

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘to grace or honour’): from Latin decoratus ‘embellished’ (past participle of decorare), from decus, decor- ‘beauty, honour, or embellishment’.