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brave

  • adjective
  • brāv

Strong in the face of fear; courageous.

Other meanings

  1. Making a fine show or display.

  2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence.

Example sentences

  • “No one else was brave enough to speak.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “I'm actually not brave.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Italian "bravo".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “brave” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.