Decorate is an English word with synonyms like adorn or grace. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Decorate meaning
- To furnish with decorations.
- To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
Synonyms of Decorate
Using Decorate
- The main meaning on this page is: To furnish with decorations. | To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office. | To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
- Useful related words include: adorn, grace, embellish, beautify.
- In the example corpus, decorate often appears in combinations such as: to decorate, decorate the, decorate their.
Context around Decorate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Decorate
- In this selection, "decorate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, people, umbrellas, help, fong and cupcakes stand out and add context to how "decorate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and costumes decorate your eyes and and to decorate the whole. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "decorate" sits close to words such as artisans, awakening and blasts, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with decorate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Does anyone still decorate their tree with gingerbread people? (9 words)
Colourful umbrellas decorate Fong Lees Lane during the 2018 event. (10 words)
Every day is a holiday for fans, so why wait to decorate? (12 words)
But she is an aesthete and a historian and her aesthetic ideal and the history in each ornament blend to furnish and decorate the rooms and when you enter her house you enter the gallery of her/their life. (39 words)
Coal Creek Church will also host a Trunk-or-Treat, in which people decorate their cars, while the Superior Chamber of Commerce will host a Trick-or-Treat street and CBArts will host a craft table. (36 words)
And even though they’re renters, they can decorate how they want and don’t worry about a negative reference from an agent because the Weet-Bix Marcel has spilt has set like concrete. (34 words)
Does anyone still decorate their tree with gingerbread people? (9 words)
Every day is a holiday for fans, so why wait to decorate? (12 words)
Before the golden Sun rises, let me decorate each of its rays with wishes of success, prosperity and happiness for you and your loved ones! (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
A former primary school teacher, her mum would decorate the house and take them all, wide-eyed and excited, to see Santa.
And even though they’re renters, they can decorate how they want and don’t worry about a negative reference from an agent because the Weet-Bix Marcel has spilt has set like concrete.
Andy Jones (second left) presents a cheque to the Royal British Legion in 2021 after an initiative to decorate the Ashfields estate in Sutton with poppies.
Before the golden Sun rises, let me decorate each of its rays with wishes of success, prosperity and happiness for you and your loved ones!
But, once you take one, you can decorate it however you'd like if you want to.
But she is an aesthete and a historian and her aesthetic ideal and the history in each ornament blend to furnish and decorate the rooms and when you enter her house you enter the gallery of her/their life.
Children then got to decorate their tree with paper decorations, bows, and ribbon and take it home with them.
Coal Creek Church will also host a Trunk-or-Treat, in which people decorate their cars, while the Superior Chamber of Commerce will host a Trick-or-Treat street and CBArts will host a craft table.
Co-founder of Jamala Wildlife Lodge Maureen Tindale with one of the many African artefacts that decorate the luxury accommodation.
Colourful umbrellas decorate Fong Lees Lane during the 2018 event.
Community Relations Specialist Edwina Tripp and Animal Control Officer Gio Cruz help decorate the front of Bakersfield Police Department headquarters downtown for the agency's annual HalLAWeen trick-or-treat event.
Disney Dreamlight Valley’s “Remembering Update,” players are presented with all new and exciting ways to decorate their home and landscape of the valley.
Does anyone still decorate their tree with gingerbread people?
Don’t let the kids have all the fun this October with the face paint and costumes—decorate your eyes with luxurious, opulent tints and tones.
During her session at the How-To Festival, Cunningham will demonstrate how to decorate cupcakes using buttercream icing.
Either way, you’ll pick your pine, fir, or spruce, load it up on your car, and take it home to decorate and enjoy.
Every day is a holiday for fans, so why wait to decorate?
For the fashion lover, a shirt and brooch from the local op-shop could be repurposed to wrap and decorate a more expensive gift of clothing, fashion books, perfume or make-up.
Francie said: "We are appealing for donations of outdoor decorations as we want to make it really special and to decorate the whole garden.
Her dance partner’s sister stepped in to decorate the gown with gems, but a year later, Ballas had found a new partner.
Common combinations with decorate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to decorate 89×
- decorate the 46×
- decorate their 26×
- and decorate 18×
- decorate your 14×
- can decorate 13×
- decorate it 8×
- decorate with 8×
- decorate her 7×
- decorate and 6×