adjective, verb, noun
adjective (braver, bravest)
1 (of a person) willing to do things which are difficult, dangerous or painful; not afraid
SYNCOURAGEOUS:
brave men and women * Be brave! * I wasn't brave enough to tell her what I thought of her.
2 (of an action) requiring or showing courage:
a brave decision * She died after a brave fight against cancer. * He felt homesick, but made a brave attempt to appear cheerful.
3 ~ new (sometimes ironic) new in an impressive way:
a vision of a brave new Britain
bravely adverb
bravery noun [U]:
an award for outstanding bravery * acts of skill and bravery
IDIOMS
(a) brave new world 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
put on a brave face
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for brave is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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