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ADJECTIVE brave COMPARATIVE braver SUPERLATIVE bravest
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brave English

Meaning brave meaning

What does brave mean?
Definitions in simple English

brave Adjective

— If you are brave, fear will not stop you. You must be very brave to run into a burning house. She has been brave about her disease.

brave Noun

— A brave is a Native American warrior.

brave Verb

— If you brave something or someone, you overcome your fear of that. He braved a jump off of the diving board.

brave

— adjective (= courageous) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring — Herman Melville a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain — William Wordsworth set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory — adjective (= audacious, fearless, intrepid) invulnerable to fear or intimidation audacious explorers fearless reporters and photographers intrepid pioneers — verb face and withstand with courage She braved the elements — adjective (= braw, gay) brightly colored and showy girls decked out in brave new dresses brave banners flying 'braw' is a Scottish word a dress a bit too gay for her years birds with gay plumage — noun people who are brave the home of the free and the brave — noun a North American Indian warrior

Synonyms brave synonyms

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brave English » English

courageous bold valiant fearless daring heroic gallant strong valorous audacious hero intrepid plucky dauntless dare manly unafraid stalwart fierce venturesome stout risk resolute courage unflinching undaunted stouthearted hardy doughty defy confident be fearless weather unfearing lion-hearted industrious face endure determined be heroic worthy warlike venture valient support sturdy steadfast staunch stallwart spunky

Topics brave topics

What do people use brave to talk about?
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to trouble

Brave
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Afraid
Language and thought Communication Say Ask

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Conjugation brave conjugation

How do you conjugate brave?

brave · verb

Examples brave examples

How do I use brave in a sentence?

Simple sentences

John did a brave thing.
You're brave.
You're very brave.
You're either very brave or very stupid.
Tom is being very brave.
What Tom did was pretty brave.
Tom is so brave.
He's strong as a bull and brave as a lion.
You are very brave.
Some brave passengers caught the pickpocket and turned him over to the police.
The brave captain saved his ship.
His brave deeds brought him a medal.
The brave knight steps forward and kisses the lady on the hand.
The brave fireman rescued a boy from the burning house.
It is very brave of you to vote against the plan.
You're very brave, aren't you?
Not all policemen are brave.
The Japanese are a brave people.
I admire your brave deed.
John is brave in appearance, but is in reality a coward.
She is brave to live alone in the desert.
The officer inspired his men to be brave.
The story of his brave struggle affected us deeply.
He is very brave.

Movie subtitles

Watching your kid trying to be brave.
Rebecca, making a speech like that in front of a potential client, that. was brave.
And. even though it scares me to death, I'm gonna be brave.
For days and years to come, people will tell the story of three brave young men who courageously fought back against the tyranny of rambunctious teens. dressed in paintball gear, in our mid-20s. about to storm a house.
My brave girl.
No. That would make you brave, for doing the right thing.
I think that was brave.
Her brave admirer.
But the brave went on.
The war had already ended when he left the clinic and the brave men, who had liberated their homeland, - returned to their ordinary, everyday lives.
Brave Lepik, our third young eagle, lays at rest amongst many others - in the soil of the homeland liberated with his own blood.
Look, Mr. Harker, if there's a brave man after my job, he can have it.
You must be brave.
We thank you and your brave companions for coming to help rescue our comrades.
Seeing these nine brave souls who fought for humanity, upholding justice, facing impossible odds, yet pushing forward, is something that I will never forget.
What's the matter? Don't you like brave men?
Be brave, life stretched breasts!
Proud to meet such a brave young man.
I had hoped to avoid bringing to court a brave young officer recently blinded in the course of heroic duty.
You know, i don't think love makes people brave like it says in books.
The brave fellows won't go in and cut it out.
You've been very brave, Jane.
Land of the brave and free.
Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the brave and free.
I want you to meet a very brave gentleman, Mr. John Driscoll.
I can't understand why such a brave man hasn't been decorated.
I'm brave.
And brave.
He's brave.
I'm gonna be brave.
Make our ancestors flag rise again remembering the glorious days of Michael the Brave and Stephen the Great.
How brave, will he get to finish that job?
You'll be brave, won't you?
A brave man!

News and current affairs

One cannot commend the 1990's Clinton-Gore administration for taking any brave steps aimed at radically reducing carbon emissions.
Many brave Iranians were prepared to risk their lives to defend their beliefs.
It is a brave politician who points out how much liberalizing trade and opening up markets have increased our overall prosperity.
So welcome to Biotech's Brave Old World.
What made Fink's elevation of art to investment-grade status so surprising is that no one of his stature had been brave enough to say it before.
Hansen promised to brave arrest at what was billed as the world's largest direct-action climate change protest.
When, in Angola, one brave firm, BP, wanted to do the right thing by trying to make sure that oil royalties actually go to the government, rather than to corrupt officials, other oil companies refused to go along.
The continued targeting of such brave workers is posing a severe challenge to these countries' public-health communities and their collective ambition to reach every child with lifesaving vaccines.
The contours of such places have been reflected in literary work such as George Orwell's 1984, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and Michel Houellebecq's latest novel Submission.
The brave crowds in Belgrade demonstrated the desire of Serbs to rejoin the family of Europe.
In the long run, such a brave new world might not be an intolerable place.
Few could remain unmoved by the brave fight of the young Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai after the Taliban shot her in the head because she insisted on the right of young girls to an education.
As a people, they are singularly resilient and brave.
Belgium, though, was the one member state that supported the Dutch in this brave venture.
The price of plank cedar in Lahore is incentive enough to corrupt, or kill, any Green Corps men brave enough to stand in their way.
Only a serious presidential initiative, supported by civil society and brave new political forces, can do the job.
On May 21, a brave woman named Manal al Sharif broke the silence and apathy, daring to defy the ban on women driving.
Ban generously and inspiringly offered his support to the brave youth leaders in both countries who are at the forefront of the political changes set in motion this year.
It would take a brave gambler to bet on ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by the US Senate any time soon.
It is worth considering whether Aldous Huxley, who taught Orwell at school and who wrote another great and portentous piece of political fiction, Brave New World, provides a more relevant perspective.
Another of Brave New World's strategies for control was to maximize divisions among the populace.
Whereas the main distinction in Nineteen Eighty-Four is between rulers and ruled, in Brave New World, people are divided into different social orders defined by disparate tastes and lifestyles.
But a member of Brave New World's ruling elite would have taken it in stride.
Thank God - and thanks to all those brave Allied soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the sake of Europe's liberty.
A few NGO's and some brave Russian and Western reporters have witnessed countless crimes.
Merkel took the brave and correct decision to let the refugees enter Germany.

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