Decorate

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈdÉœkəɹeɪt/

Origin

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").

Full definition of decorate

Verb

1. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
2. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
3. (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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• decorative

Related terms

• decorator
• decoration

Anagrams

• recoated