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Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
Dan Auerbach

Meaning of "modest" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MODEST

Via Old French from Latin modestus moderate, from modusmode.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MODEST

modest  [ˈmɒdɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MODEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Modest is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MODEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Modest

Modest may refer to: ▪ a number of Saints, see under Saint Modest ▪ Michael Modest, semi-retired American professional wrestler ▪ Modest, a free, open source, e-mail client ▪ modest People with the given name Modest: ▪ Modest of Carinthia, Saint, 8th century ▪ Modest , German saint ▪ Modest Altschuler, cellist, orchestral conductor, and composer ▪ Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator ▪ Modest Morariu, poet, essayist, prose writer and translator ▪ Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer ▪ Modest Romiszewski, military theorist ▪ Modest Schoepen , Belgian singer-songwriter, entertainer and founder of the Bobbejaanland amusement park. ▪ Modest Urgell, Spanish painter, illustrator, and playwright ▪ Modesty Blaise Fictional comic book character.

Definition of modest in the English dictionary

The first definition of modest in the dictionary is having or expressing a humble opinion of oneself or one's accomplishments or abilities. Other definition of modest is reserved or shy. Modest is also not ostentatious or pretentious.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MODEST


absurdist
əbˈsɜːdɪst
baddest
ˈbædɪst
Buddhist
ˈbʊdɪst
chiropodist
kɪˈrɒpədɪst
damndest
ˈdæmdɪst
damnedest
ˈdæmdɪst
darndest
ˈdɑːndɪst
eldest
ˈɛldɪst
immodest
ɪˈmɒdɪst
jihadist
dʒɪˈhædɪst
keyboardist
ˈkiːˌbɔːdɪst
Methodist
ˈmɛθədɪst
modist
ˈməʊdɪst
nudist
ˈnjuːdɪst
odist
ˈɒdɪst
orthopaedist
ˌɔːθəʊˈpiːdɪst
orthopedist
ˌɔːθəʊˈpiːdɪst
overmodest
ˌəʊvəˈmɒdɪst
prejudiced
ˈpredʒʊdɪst
sadist
ˈseɪdɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MODEST

modern pentathlon
modern sequence dancing
moderne
moderniser
modernism
modernist
modernistic
modernistically
modernities
modernity
modernization
modernize
modernizer
modernly
modernness
modesties
modestly
modestly priced
modestly sized
modesty

WORDS THAT END LIKE MODEST

at the earliest
at the latest
best
biggest
blondest
contest
est
fest
for the best
forest
gladdest
greatest
guest
honest
interest
maddest
middest
reddest
saddest
shouldest

Synonyms and antonyms of modest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MODEST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «modest» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of modest

Translation of «modest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MODEST

Find out the translation of modest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of modest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «modest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

朴素的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

modesto
570 millions of speakers

English

modest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मामूली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُتَوَاضِعٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скромный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

modesto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিনয়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

modeste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sederhana
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bescheiden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

謙虚な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

겸손한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Andhap asor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khiêm tốn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாதாரண
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विनम्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mütevazi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

modesto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skromny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скромний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

modest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σεμνός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beskeie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blygsam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beskjeden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of modest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MODEST»

The term «modest» is very widely used and occupies the 12.529 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MODEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «modest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «modest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about modest

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10 QUOTES WITH «MODEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word modest.
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Dan Auerbach
Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
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Franz Beckenbauer
For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.
3
Bill Bradley
Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.
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Abraham Cahan
Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
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Frank Moore Colby
Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise.
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George Colman
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
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Joseph Conrad
Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.
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Kent Conrad
The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve affordability, to deal with what share of Medicaid expansion the federal government pays, those kinds of issues, which is the traditional role for reconciliation in health care.
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Brooklyn Decker
My parents had us very young. We lived in a modest house. We built forts, we hiked, we went camping and they wanted us to be independent. It's how children grew up in the 1940s and 50s: outside all the time, playing in the dirt, riding your bike around.
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William A. Dembski
Intelligent design is a modest position theologically and philosophically. It attributes the complexity and diversity of life to intelligence, but does not identify that intelligence with the God of any religious faith or philosophical system.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MODEST»

Discover the use of modest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to modest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Modest−Witness@Second−Millennium.FemaleMan−Meets−OncoMouse: ...
Haraway explores the world of contemporary technoscience through the role of stories, figures, dreams, theories, advertising, scientific advances and politics.
Donna Jeanne Haraway, 1997
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A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
Jonathan Swift A MODEST PROPOSAL and Other Satirical Works The originality, concentrated power and "fierce indignation" of his satirical writing have earned Ionathan Swift (l667—l745) a reputation as the greatest prose satirist in English ...
Jonathan Swift, 2012
3
Radiative Heat Transfer
The third edition of Radiative Heat Transfer describes the basic physics of radiation heat transfer.
Michael F. Modest, 2013
4
Modest Enquiry Into Nature of Witchcraft
First printed in 1702, this eyewitness account of the Salem Village witchcraft trials, and the events leading up to them, was written by Reverend John Hale, who concludes that it was Satan, not the witches, who used the manipulation of ...
John Hale, 2006
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Modest Mouse: A Pretty Good Read
And it was worth the wait. For everybody. Journalist Alan Goldsher uncovers the strange, little-known details of Modest Mouse's rise from DIY indie heroes to platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated international superstars.
Alan Goldsher, 2006
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Modest Inquiry Into the Nature of Witchcraft, 1771
1771. And, how persons guilty of that crime may be convicted, and the means used for their discovery discussed, both negatively and affirmatively, according to scripture and experience.
John Hale, 2003
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The Modest Genius: Reb Aisel Harif
Rabbi Yehoshua Aisek Shapira lived in the 19th century and was the great-grandson of Rabbi Luria, the famed Kabbalist of Safed.
Esther Shapiro Rafaeli, 2004
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A Modest Proposal and Other Prose
Swift reveals his satirical genius in this witty collection of prose that includes such popular works as A Mosest Proposal and A Tale of the Tub.
Jonathan Swift, 2004
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Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal
Each volume in a collection of affordable, readable editions of some of the world's greatest works of literature features a chronology of the author's life and career, a concise introduction containing valuable background information, a ...
Jonathan Swift, 2005
10
Women and Mitzvot: The Modest Way
A study of Rabbinic and midrashic sources.
G. Ellinson, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MODEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term modest is used in the context of the following news items.
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Modest Mouse Perform "Pups to Dust" on "Seth Meyers"
Modest Mouse have made several appearances on TV in recent months behind their new album Strangers to Ourselves. Last night, they ... «Pitchfork Media, Jul 15»
2
Modest gains reported in experimental Alzheimer's drug studies
Researchers at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Washington on Wednesday updated ongoing research with three ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
3
25 Photos That Will Convince You to Go Modest on Your Wedding Day
A long, lacy Valentino gown, which one could perfectly describe as "classic" and, above all, "modest." All of a sudden, our minds went wild. «POPSUGAR, Jul 15»
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Cherno Samba retires after modest career but as a Championship …
Cherno Samba, pictured in action for England Under-19s, failed to live up to the early promise he had showed at Millwall. Photograph: Christof ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Review: 'Towns' is modest, middle-of-the-road teen drama
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Based on an earlier teen fave novel by "The Fault in Our Stars" author John Green, "Paper Towns" is a mild ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
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OnePlus 2 hits AnTuTu once again, scores a modest 63719
gsmarena_002 The details of the OnePlus 2 have slowly been making their way out thanks to OnePlus' ingenious — and annoying ... «9 to 5 Google, Jul 15»
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Apple Watch Sales Are Modest
Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn reports on today's top news stories. (Source: Bloomberg). Related. Deep Dive Into Apple's Earnings Report and ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
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A 'modest proposal' which can do good
With due apologies to the late, great Jonathan Swift, we can record the plan to add 50 cent to the minimum wage as "a modest proposal". «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Our View: Lawmakers must pass modest public records bill
This week the MMA sent out a memo declaring a bill that would make modest changes to the state's woefully outdated public records law would ... «Wicked Local Somerset, Jul 15»
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The Latest: Fatal shooting was at modest suburban home
The home where five people were shot in metro Atlanta is a modest, one-story, ranch-style residence - a contrast to the expansive houses ... «WRCB-TV, Jul 15»

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