modest background

collocation in English

meaningsofmodestandbackground

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modest
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒd.ɪst/us
/ˈmɑː.dɪst/
not large in size or amount, or ...
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background
noun
uk
/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/us
/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in ...
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(Definition ofmodestandbackgroundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmodest background

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We assume amodestbackgroundin elementary category theory.
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The visitor was euphemistically described as somebody ofmodestbackground.
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She comes from amodestbackground.
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I was one of seven children from a verymodestbackground; each of us had the benefit of six years in higher education.
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He came from amodestbackground, and ended up in a home when his parents divorced.
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He had a first failed marriage with a rich woman and came frommodestbackground.
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He came frommodestbackground, working as a baker in his youth.
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One in which someone from amodestbackgroundcan get on in life so as to make life a little easier for his or her children.
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I particularly refer to the position of someone from a family of relativelymodestbackgroundbut whose income is above the cut-off level for remission of fees.
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His family came frommodestbackgroundbut his father laboured hard to provide for the entire family.
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Coming from amodestbackground, he knows how much a structured and well targeted assistance can change things and improve lives.
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