decorate

Etymology

From Latin decoratus, past participle of decorare (“to adorn, distinguish, honor”), from decus (“ornament, grace, dignity, honor”), akin to decor (“elegance, grace, beauty, ornament”), from decet (“adorn, befit”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/

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Verb

decorate (third-person singular simple present decorates, present participle decorating, simple past and past participle decorated)

1. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.

   We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.

2. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.

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

3. (transitive) To award a medal to.
4. (computing, transitive) (In some programming languages) 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.

Anagrams

• recoated

Verb

decorate

1. second-person plural present tense and imperative of decorare.

Verb

decorāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of decorō