"modest" meaning in Anglais

See modest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \mɒd.ɪst\ Audio: En-us-modest.ogg Forms: more modest [comparative], most modest [superlative]
  1. Modeste.
    Sense id: fr-modest-en-adj-Y~cgqi0m Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Modique.
    Sense id: fr-modest-en-adj-nL0wHPSv Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (simple): simple Derived forms: modesty
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    {
      "word": "immodest"
    },
    {
      "word": "proud"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Adjectifs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
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      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en latin",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "modesty"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du latin modestus."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more modest",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most modest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, page 129",
          "text": "The recursive algorithm for computing Fibonacci numbers is compact, but it is slow, even when working with fairly modest values."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Modeste."
      ],
      "id": "fr-modest-en-adj-Y~cgqi0m"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Oto Luthar, The Land of Shadows: The memory of the expulsion and disappearance of the Jewish community in Prekmurjep. 50",
          "text": "The City People's Committee of Murska Sobota purchased the building for a modest sum of money in mid-1949",
          "translation": "Le City People's Committee of Murska Sobota acheta le bâtiment pour une somme modique en 1949"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Modique."
      ],
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    }
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    },
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      ]
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  "synonyms": [
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      "raw_tags": [
        "en français"
      ],
      "sense": "simple",
      "word": "simple"
    }
  ],
  "word": "modest"
}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "immodest"
    },
    {
      "word": "proud"
    }
  ],
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    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en latin",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "modesty"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du latin modestus."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more modest",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most modest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
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        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, page 129",
          "text": "The recursive algorithm for computing Fibonacci numbers is compact, but it is slow, even when working with fairly modest values."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Modeste."
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Oto Luthar, The Land of Shadows: The memory of the expulsion and disappearance of the Jewish community in Prekmurjep. 50",
          "text": "The City People's Committee of Murska Sobota purchased the building for a modest sum of money in mid-1949",
          "translation": "Le City People's Committee of Murska Sobota acheta le bâtiment pour une somme modique en 1949"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Modique."
      ]
    }
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    },
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      "audio": "En-us-modest.ogg",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "en français"
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      "sense": "simple",
      "word": "simple"
    }
  ],
  "word": "modest"
}

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