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{
"term": "decent",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "of a good enough standard or quality",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a decent meal/place to live"
},
{
"text": "Mark did a **decent job** as a replacement for Turner."
},
{
"text": "I just want to get a decent job with decent pay."
},
{
"text": "a decent pension/wage/standard of living"
},
{
"text": "I need a decent night's sleep."
},
{
"text": "We think he's got a decent chance of qualifying."
},
{
"text": "The acting in the film is actually **pretty decent**."
},
{
"text": "The restaurant looked decent enough."
},
{
"text": "We had trouble finding a hotel that was halfway decent."
},
{
"text": "He looks as if he could do with a decent meal."
},
{
"text": "We aim to provide decent affordable housing for everyone."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look"],
"adverb": ["really", "very", "perfectly"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "honest and fair; treating people with respect",
"sensetop": "decent to somebodydecent of somebody",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "ordinary, decent, hard-working people"
},
{
"text": "Everyone said he was a decent sort of guy."
},
{
"text": "Mr Harvey emerged as a thoroughly decent bloke."
},
{
"text": "My uncle has been pretty decent to me.",
"contextForm": "decent to somebody"
},
{
"text": "That's very decent of you.",
"contextForm": "decent of somebody"
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["very", "really", "perfectly"],
"phrases": ["do the decent thing"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "acceptable to people in a particular situation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a decent burial"
},
{
"text": "That dress isn't decent."
},
{
"text": "She ought to have waited for a decent interval before getting married again."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look"],
"adverb": ["really", "very", "perfectly"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "wearing enough clothes to allow somebody to see you",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't go to the door—I'm not decent."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to do what people or society expect, especially in a difficult situation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He did the decent thing and resigned."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdiːsnt/",
"audio": "de/decent/decent__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdiːsnt/",
"audio": "de/decent/decent__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘suitable, appropriate’): from Latin decent- ‘being fitting’, from the verb decere."
}