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Collocations for decent - adj.

1. good/acceptable

VERBS

be, look
The bar looked decent enough.

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ADVERB

really, very
perfectly
fairly, half, halfway, pretty, quite, reasonably, relatively
We had trouble finding a hotel that was halfway decent.
enough

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PREPOSITION

to
My uncle has been pretty decent to me.

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2. honest/respectable

VERBS

be

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ADVERB

very
really
perfectly, thoroughly

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PHRASES

do the decent thing
I think he should do the decent thing and resign.

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Decent is used with these nouns:
accommodation, amount, bloke, burial, chance, chap, citizen, education, excuse, fellow, folk, food, funeral, guy, haircut, housing, interval, job, lad, living, meal, pension, people, person, price, profit, respect, restaurant, return, salary, shape, society, standard, start, team, thing, wage, woman

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