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Word3 brave
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /breɪv/ /breɪv/
Example
  • brave men and women
  • be brave!
  • i wasn't brave enough to tell her what i thought of her.
  • the whisky had made me brave.
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brave

(adjective)/breɪv/ /breɪv/
  1. willing to do things that are difficult, dangerous or painful; not afraid
    • SYNONYM courageous
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/courageous
    • brave men and women
    • Be brave!
    • I wasn't brave enough to tell her what I thought of her.
    • The whisky had made me brave.
    • She has been incredibly brave.

    Extra Examples

    • He was as brave as a lion on the rugby field.
    • Can't some brave soul save her from this fate?
  2. requiring or showing courage
    • She took the brave decision to start her own business.
    • She died after a brave fight against cancer.
    • He felt homesick, but made a brave attempt to appear cheerful.
  3. new in an impressive way
    • a vision of a brave new Britain
  4. a situation or society that changes in a way that is meant to improve people’s lives but is often a source of extra problems
    • the brave new world of technology
    • the architects' vision of a brave new world of pristine concrete
  5. to pretend that you feel confident and happy when you do not
    • I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I wasn’t worried.
    • She put a brave face on her illness.

    Word Origin

    • late 15th cent.: from French, from Italian bravo ‘bold’ or Spanish bravo ‘courageous, untamed, savage’, based on Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’.
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