--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 7 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Debility is great weakness of the body, when someone is ill and has no strength.[↗](../../debility/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the long fever she was in great debility.[↗](../../debility/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old king lay in debility for a year.[↗](../../debility/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **debit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (money) A debit is money taken out of a bank account.[↗](../../debit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (money) A debit card is a plastic card you use to pay, which takes the money straight from your own bank account.[↗](../../debit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (money) To debit an account is to take money out of it.[↗](../../debit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In accounting, debit is the side of a record showing money paid out (the opposite of credit).[↗](../../debit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum paid for the shopping with her debit card.[↗](../../debit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The gym fee is paid by direct debit.[↗](../../debit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank debited twenty pounds from Dad's account.[↗](../../debit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each debit makes the balance go down.[↗](../../debit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never tell anyone your debit card PIN.[↗](../../debit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · On my money sheet, I wrote debits in red and credits in black.[↗](../../debit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **debris** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Broken pieces left after something has been destroyed or has fallen: bits of wood, stone, glass.[↗](../../debris/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Rubbish or small pieces scattered about.[↗](../../debris/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Rock and dust, or pieces of old rockets and satellites in space (space debris).[↗](../../debris/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the storm the road was covered in debris.[↗](../../debris/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Firefighters searched the debris for survivors.[↗](../../debris/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Flying debris can be dangerous in a strong wind.[↗](../../debris/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Space debris circles the Earth very fast.[↗](../../debris/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The beach was full of debris from the shipwreck.[↗](../../debris/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We cleared the debris from the garden.[↗](../../debris/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **debt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A debt is money that you owe to someone.[↗](../../debt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Debt is the state of owing money (be in debt).[↗](../../debt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A debt of gratitude is a feeling that you owe someone thanks for their help.[↗](../../debt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He paid back his debt to his sister.[↗](../../debt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you borrow money, you are in debt.[↗](../../debt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It took them years to get out of debt.[↗](../../debt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I owe you a debt of gratitude for helping me.[↗](../../debt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If I have £2 and owe £5, my debt is £3.[↗](../../debt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Credit cards can lead people into debt.[↗](../../debt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The company had huge debts.[↗](../../debt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “We will pay your debts,” they said.[↗](../../debt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Be thou not of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts; (Writings PRO.22.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../debt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.'[↗](../../debt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.4.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../debt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and hath not wronged any, but hath restored his pledge for a debt, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; (Prophets EZK.18.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../debt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **debtor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A debtor is a person who owes money to someone else.[↗](../../debtor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The debtor promised to pay back the money.[↗](../../debtor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The miser was a debtor of the village.[↗](../../debtor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shopkeeper chased his debtor for the money.[↗](../../debtor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **debug** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (computers) To find and fix the mistakes (bugs) in a computer program.[↗](../../debug/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To find and fix problems in any plan or machine.[↗](../../debug/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare) To remove insects or hidden listening devices from a place.[↗](../../debug/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our robot kept turning left, so we had to debug the program.[↗](../../debug/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Debugging means finding the mistake and fixing it.[↗](../../debug/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It took me ten minutes to debug my Scratch game.[↗](../../debug/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher showed us how to debug by testing one step at a time.[↗](../../debug/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Good programmers spend lots of time debugging.[↗](../../debug/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We debugged our plan for the school fair after the first test run.[↗](../../debug/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy movie showed agents debugging a hotel room.[↗](../../debug/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **debut** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The first time someone performs or appears in public, such as a singer's first concert or a player's first game.[↗](../../debut/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The first time a new product, show or film is shown to the public.[↗](../../debut/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To appear or be shown for the first time.[↗](../../debut/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She made her debut in the school play last night.[↗](../../debut/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The young striker scored on his debut.[↗](../../debut/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The band's debut album came out in spring.[↗](../../debut/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new game debuts next week.[↗](../../debut/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was the dog's debut at the agility show.[↗](../../debut/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His debut for the national team was a great success.[↗](../../debut/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The film debuted in cinemas on Friday.[↗](../../debut/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dec** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Short for December, the twelfth and last month of the year (Dec).[↗](../../dec/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) Short for decimal (as in «2 dec. places»).[↗](../../dec/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Short for decrease, or for decreased/deceased in lists and records (dec. = deceased in family records).[↗](../../dec/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A fragment of longer words beginning dec-, such as decide or decorate.[↗](../../dec/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write Dec as short for December.[↗](../../dec/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Round your answer to 2 dec. places.[↗](../../dec/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bill said «Dec» at the top.[↗](../../dec/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the family tree, «dec.» means deceased.[↗](../../dec/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The graph label «dec» meant decrease.[↗](../../dec/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Christmas falls in Dec.[↗](../../dec/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **decade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A decade is a period of ten years.[↗](../../decade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A decade is also a group of ten, like ten beads on a rosary.[↗](../../decade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A decade is ten years.[↗](../../decade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandparents have lived in this house for five decades.[↗](../../decade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old tree has grown a lot over the last decade.[↗](../../decade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Two decades equal twenty years.[↗](../../decade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My mum hasn't seen her cousin for a decade.[↗](../../decade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town has changed a lot in the past decade.[↗](../../decade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If a tree grows 30 centimetres a year, it grows 300 centimetres in a decade.[↗](../../decade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The decade out of nothing has the following ten infinitudes: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../decade/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They consist of a decade out of nothing \[5\] and of twenty-two fundamental letters.[↗](../../decade/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../decade/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The disciples of Pythagoras looked upon the decade as a holy number, and swore by it and by the Tetraktys which contain the number ten, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../decade/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **decapod** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A decapod is a crustacean with ten legs, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, prawn or crayfish.[↗](../../decapod/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A crab is a decapod because it has ten legs.[↗](../../decapod/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lobsters and prawns are decapods too.[↗](../../decapod/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The front two legs of many decapods are claws.[↗](../../decapod/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Decapods have a hard shell called an exoskeleton.[↗](../../decapod/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We counted the legs to prove the crayfish was a decapod.[↗](../../decapod/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some squids are also called decapods because they have ten arms.[↗](../../decapod/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **decay** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To rot or break down slowly, as dead plants, animals and food do.[↗](../../decay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To become weaker or worse over time, like an old building.[↗](../../decay/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a noun, the process of rotting; "tooth decay" is holes in teeth caused by germs and sugar.[↗](../../decay/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Leaves decay and turn into soil.[↗](../../decay/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Brush your teeth to stop tooth decay.[↗](../../decay/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old log was decaying in the forest.[↗](../../decay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Worms and fungi help things decay.[↗](../../decay/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle has fallen into decay.[↗](../../decay/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sugary drinks cause tooth decay.[↗](../../decay/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But he feared nothing, except that his plums should decay, and this never happened.[↗](../../decay/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding the decay of the individual, the genus is produced by the antithesis of man and wife.[↗](../../decay/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../decay/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Judah said: 'The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.'[↗](../../decay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.4.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../decay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **deceased** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Dead: her deceased grandfather.[↗](../../deceased/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (the deceased, noun) The person (or people) who has died, especially recently: the family of the deceased.[↗](../../deceased/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (formal) The deceased left all her money to the animal shelter.[↗](../../deceased/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The form asks for the names of any deceased parents.[↗](../../deceased/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police informed the family of the deceased.[↗](../../deceased/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her grandfather is deceased, but she has his old watch.[↗](../../deceased/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The deceased was a well-known teacher in the town.[↗](../../deceased/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the detective searched the deceased man's study.[↗](../../deceased/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was not so, however; there was a being standing before his bed, and looking like the ghost of his deceased wife.[↗](../../deceased/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **deceit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Deceit is making someone believe something that is not true, to trick them.[↗](../../deceit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A deceit is a trick or lie.[↗](../../deceit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wolf's deceit fooled Little Red Riding Hood.[↗](../../deceit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Friendships can't last with deceit.[↗](../../deceit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His deceit was discovered.[↗](../../deceit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Jacob won his father's blessing by deceit, the Bible tells.[↗](../../deceit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She hated lies and deceit.[↗](../../deceit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Honesty is the opposite of deceit.[↗](../../deceit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The evil doer often comes to harm through his own deceit.[↗](../../deceit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.[↗](../../deceit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.8.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.[↗](../../deceit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He that breatheth forth truth uttereth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.[↗](../../deceit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **deceitful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A deceitful person often lies or tricks people to make them believe things that are not true.[↗](../../deceitful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A deceitful action or word is meant to trick someone.[↗](../../deceitful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The deceitful fox pretended to be the hen's friend.[↗](../../deceitful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was deceitful to copy his homework and say it was yours.[↗](../../deceitful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The scam email was deceitful: it pretended to come from a bank.[↗](../../deceitful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was hurt by her friend's deceitful words.[↗](../../deceitful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The villain hid his deceitful plan behind a smile.[↗](../../deceitful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Being deceitful can break people's trust.[↗](../../deceitful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen, who did not imagine that any person could be so deceitful, bade her stepmother welcome, and kept her beside her.[↗](../../deceitful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou lovest all devouring words, the deceitful tongue.[↗](../../deceitful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.52.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceitful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.[↗](../../deceitful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceitful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.[↗](../../deceitful/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.120.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceitful/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **deceitfully** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a tricky way, by lying or cheating so that someone is fooled.[↗](../../deceitfully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed; to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.[↗](../../deceitfully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceitfully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.[↗](../../deceitfully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.52.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceitfully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him?[↗](../../deceitfully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceitfully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow, (Writings JOB.6.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceitfully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **deceive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To deceive someone means to make them believe something that is not true, in order to trick them.[↗](../../deceive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To deceive yourself means to refuse to believe a truth you don't like.[↗](../../deceive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Things can deceive us too: «Looks can deceive.».[↗](../../deceive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox deceived the crow to get the cheese.[↗](../../deceive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scam emails try to deceive people into sending money.[↗](../../deceive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be deceived by the small size — it's heavy.[↗](../../deceive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Looks can be deceiving.[↗](../../deceive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He deceived his friends about where he was.[↗](../../deceive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never try to deceive your parents about your safety.[↗](../../deceive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘I know everything--you have deceived me.[↗](../../deceive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; (Torah DEU.11.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.[↗](../../deceive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.[↗](../../deceive/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceive/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.[↗](../../deceive/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.24.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceive/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **deceiver** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A deceiver is a person who deceives, that is, tricks people into believing something false.[↗](../../deceiver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The deceiver promised gold but gave only stones.[↗](../../deceiver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fable, the fox was a clever deceiver.[↗](../../deceiver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe the devil is «the great deceiver».[↗](../../deceiver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The online deceiver pretended to be a child.[↗](../../deceiver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen soon discovered the deceiver's lies.[↗](../../deceiver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A deceiver hides the truth to get what they want.[↗](../../deceiver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the son of the king of Tisean was thrown into prison, and the next day they put down a great fire, and the deceiver was burned to ashes.[↗](../../deceiver/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.[↗](../../deceiver/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deceiver/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **decelerate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To slow down; to go less fast.[↗](../../decelerate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car decelerated as it reached the corner.[↗](../../decelerate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Friction makes the sledge decelerate.[↗](../../decelerate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocket decelerated before landing.[↗](../../decelerate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A parachute helps a skydiver decelerate.[↗](../../decelerate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The train decelerated into the station.[↗](../../decelerate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball decelerated as it rolled up the hill.[↗](../../decelerate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **deceleration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Deceleration is slowing down; the rate at which something's speed gets smaller.[↗](../../deceleration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car's deceleration was quick when the driver braked.[↗](../../deceleration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Friction causes the deceleration of the rolling ball.[↗](../../deceleration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A parachute causes a big deceleration.[↗](../../deceleration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seatbelts protect you during sudden deceleration.[↗](../../deceleration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocket's deceleration let it land gently.[↗](../../deceleration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We measured the trolley's deceleration on the carpet.[↗](../../deceleration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **december** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* December is the twelfth and last month of the year.[↗](../../december/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It has 31 days.[↗](../../december/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It comes after November; January follows it.[↗](../../december/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the north (USA, UK, Canada, Ireland) December is in winter; in Australia and New Zealand it is in summer.[↗](../../december/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* December has 31 days.[↗](../../december/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She saved $1 every day in December.[↗](../../december/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many days of December are left after the first 20?[↗](../../december/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It snowed on 12 days in December.[↗](../../december/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In December we decorate the Christmas tree.[↗](../../december/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, December is hot and sunny.[↗](../../december/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · December is the last month of the year.[↗](../../december/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The school term ends in the middle of December.[↗](../../december/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Vacation begins on the first of January and ends on the last day of December.[↗](../../december/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **decent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Decent means good enough, of an acceptable or fairly good quality.[↗](../../decent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A decent person is honest, kind and fair to others.[↗](../../decent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Decent means polite and respectable, following what people think is proper.[↗](../../decent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) Are you decent? means "Are you dressed?"[↗](../../decent/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") (so someone can come in).[↗](../../decent/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had a decent lunch at the café.[↗](../../decent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He's a decent kid; he always helps others.[↗](../../decent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was decent of you to share your crisps.[↗](../../decent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Get a decent night's sleep before the test.[↗](../../decent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Can I come in?[↗](../../decent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") Are you decent?" "[↗](../../decent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") Yes, I'm dressed!"[↗](../../decent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The decent thing would be to say sorry.[↗](../../decent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She got a decent mark in maths.[↗](../../decent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He then asked that the heads should be removed from the battlements and given decent burial.[↗](../../decent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/8/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/6/) - next →: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/8/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)