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{
"term": "humble",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "showing you do not think that you are as important as other people",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Be humble enough to learn from your mistakes."
},
{
"text": "my humble tribute to this great man"
},
{
"text": "She was very humble and apologetic."
},
{
"text": "an amazing man who makes you feel quite humble"
},
{
"text": "She felt humble and grateful but couldn't put her feelings into words."
},
{
"text": "She's a loving, kind and humble woman."
}
],
"synonyms": "modest"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to suggest that you are not as important as other people, but in a way that is not sincere or not very serious",
"labels": "(ironic or humorous)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**In my humble opinion**, you were in the wrong."
},
{
"text": "**My humble apologies**. I did not understand."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "having a low rank or social position",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a man of **humble birth/origins**"
},
{
"text": "a humble occupation"
},
{
"text": "the daughter of a humble shopkeeper"
},
{
"text": "She was the daughter of a humble carpenter and a washerwoman."
},
{
"text": "He was a man who had risen from humble origins through hard work and good fortune."
},
{
"text": "He is intensely proud of his humble background."
},
{
"text": "He had worked his way up from humble beginnings."
},
{
"text": "a man of fairly humble origins"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "not large or special in any way",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a humble farmhouse"
},
{
"text": "The company has worked its way up from humble beginnings to become the market leader."
},
{
"text": "Most of us have never considered the humble potato as a precious gift from nature."
}
],
"synonyms": "modest"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌmbl/",
"audio": "hu/humble/humble__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌmblə(r)/",
"audio": "hu/humble/humbler__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌmblɪst/",
"audio": "hu/humble/humblest__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌmbl/",
"audio": "hu/humble/humble__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌmblər/",
"audio": "hu/humble/humbler__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhʌmblɪst/",
"audio": "hu/humble/humblest__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from Latin humilis ‘low, lowly’, from humus ‘ground’."
}