Timeline for What does "humbling enterprise" mean?
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| Jan 4, 2022 at 13:21 | history | edited | Ghost | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 22, 2020 at 14:37 | vote | accept | Ghost | ||
| May 22, 2020 at 14:15 | comment | added | Glorfindel♦ | Thanks for sharing what you've found in Lexico; could you please edit this into the question? Comments are temporary and may be removed. | |
| May 21, 2020 at 22:02 | comment | added | Jack O'Flaherty | @Ghost No, it mean that astronomy provides a perspective that makes an individual feel less self-important. See my answer. | |
| May 21, 2020 at 21:55 | answer | added | Jack O'Flaherty | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 21, 2020 at 19:18 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 21, 2020 at 18:46 | history | edited | Ghost | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 21, 2020 at 18:45 | comment | added | Ghost | According to Lexico Oxford Humble means cause some to feel not important.What that implies that Astronomy is less important business to pursue. Does that sounds correct? | |
| May 21, 2020 at 18:39 | history | edited | Ghost | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 21, 2020 at 18:38 | comment | added | Lambie | [correction: What does "humbling enterprise" mean? What does x mean?] Please correct your questions and I will remove this comment. You need to look up the transitive verb: to humble and the word enterprise. | |
| May 21, 2020 at 18:37 | comment | added | Ghost | Yes I have used Lexico Oxford.No clue. | |
| May 21, 2020 at 18:30 | comment | added | Colin Fine | Have you looked the words up in a dictionary? What did you find? Are you still puzzled? | |
| May 21, 2020 at 18:30 | comment | added | Cardinal | I would understand the sentence you provided as "Astronomy involves stuff that would humiliate you in the process" | |
| May 21, 2020 at 18:20 | history | asked | Ghost | CC BY-SA 4.0 |