adjective, verb
adjective (humbler )
1 showing you do not think that you are as important as other people:
Be humble enough to learn from your mistakes. * my humble tribute to this great man
seealsoHUMILITY
2 (ironic or humorous) used to suggest that you are not as important as other people, but in a way that is not sincere or not very serious:
In my humble opinion, you were in the wrong. * My humble apologies. I did not understand.
3 having a low rank or social position:
a man of humble birth / origins * a humble occupation * the daughter of a humble shopkeeper
4 (of a thing) not large or special in any way:
a humble farmhouse * The company has worked its way up from humble beginnings to become the market leader. * Most of us have never considered the humble potato as a precious gift from nature.
humbly adverb:
I would humbly suggest that there is something wrong here. * 'Sorry,' she said humbly.
IDIOMS see EAT
verb [VN]
1 to make sb feel that they are not as good or important as they thought they were:
He was humbled by her generosity. * a humbling experience
2 [usuallypassive] to easily defeat an opponent, especially a strong or powerful one:
The world champion was humbled last night in three rounds.
3 ~ yourself to show that you are not too proud to ask for sth, admit that you have been wrong, etc.
seealsoHUMILITY
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for humble is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does humble appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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