braveadjective
uk/breɪv/us/breɪv/B1 showing no fear of dangerous or difficult things:
a brave soldier
It was a brave decision to quit her job and start her own business.
She was very brave to learn to ski at 50.
Of the three organizations criticized, only one was brave enough to face the press.
Richards has made a brave attempt to answer his critics.
This action will cause problems, despite the bank's brave talk/words about carrying on as if nothing had happened.
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- The four soldiers are to receive citations from the president for their brave actions.
- Sailing the Atlantic in such a tiny boat wasn't so much brave as foolhardy.
- Nelson Mandela is revered for his brave fight against apartheid.
- It is a brave person who will die for their beliefs.
- Let us make sure that these brave men did not die for nothing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Brave and courageous
- adventurous
- audacious
- ballsy
- be man enough to do sth idiom
- bite
- faint
- get sth up
- get your courage up idiom
- grasp
- grasp the nettle idiom
- gritty
- gutsy
- have nerves of steel idiom
- knightly
- muster
- pluck up your courage idiom
- plucky
- screw
- screw up your courage idiom
- spunky
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bravely
adverb uk/ˈbreɪv.li/us/ˈbreɪv.li/
B1
She faced the consequences bravely.
Idiom(s)
put on a brave face
braveverb [ T ]
uk/breɪv/us/breɪv/to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation:
Let's brave the snow and go for a walk (= go for a walk even though it is snowing).
literary She braved the wrath of her parents by refusing to marry the man they had chosen.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Brave and courageous
- adventurous
- audacious
- ballsy
- be man enough to do sth idiom
- bite
- faint
- get sth up
- get your courage up idiom
- grasp
- grasp the nettle idiom
- gritty
- gutsy
- have nerves of steel idiom
- knightly
- muster
- pluck up your courage idiom
- plucky
- screw
- screw up your courage idiom
- spunky
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bravenoun [ C ]
uk/breɪv/us/breɪv/old-fashioneda young Native American warrior (= fighting man). This word is usually considered offensive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Soldiers in the past
- cavalry
- centurion
- conquistador
- knight errant
- knightly
- legion
- ninja
- samurai
- Saracen
- the Allies
- warrior