{
    "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."
}