decorate

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ verb
1 [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to make sth 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.
2 (especially BrE) to put paint, WALLPAPER, etc. on the walls and ceilings of a room or house: [V] I hate decorating. + He has his own painting and decorating business. + [VN] We need to decorate the sitting room. + The sitting room needs decorating.
3 [VN] to be placed on sth in order to make it look more attractive
Synonym: ADORN
Photographs of actors decorated the walls of the restaurant.
4 [VN] [usually passive] ~ sb (for sth) to give sb a medal as a sign of respect for sth they have done: She was decorated for her efforts during the war.

Thesaurus dictionary

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v.

1 embellish, adorn, ornament, garnish, embroider, elaborate, bedeck, deck (out), trim, dress (up), spruce or smarten up, beautify, Literary caparison, Colloq Brit tart up:

We decorated the pub for the Christmas holidays.

2 Brit paint, wallpaper, redecorate, furbish, refurbish, renovate, fix up, restore:

All the bedrooms have been decorated.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ make sth attractive

ADV.

beautifully, elaborately, elegantly, gaily, intricately, lavishly, ornately, richly

The room was lavishly decorated with tinsel and holly.

PREP.

with

Decorate the cake with raspberries and whipped cream.

² with paint/wallpaper

ADV.

nicely, pleasantly, tastefully

The bedrooms are tastefully decorated.

PREP.

in

The room is decorated in pale blues and greens.

³ give sb a medal

PREP.

for

He was decorated for bravery.

PHRASES

highly decorated

the most highly decorated unit in the British Army

Concise English dictionary

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decorates|decorated|decorating'dekəreɪt
verb
+make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
+be beautiful to look at
+award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to
+provide with decoration