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How to pronounce brave in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms courageous
Derivation braveness


Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring.
Type Words
Synonyms audacious, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing
Derivation braveness
Type Words
Synonyms brave out, endure, weather
Type of withstand, defy, hold, hold up


She braved the elements.
Type Words
Synonyms braw, gay


girls decked out in brave new dresses.
brave banners flying.
Type Words
Type of warrior
Type Words
Type of people


the home of the free and the brave.

Examples of brave

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If they aren't brave enough to speak up then we don't need them representing us.
From the washingtontimes.com
Right now, few analysts are brave enough to call which way the market will jump.
From the businessweek.com
George was a brave Raider and a close personal friend of Raiders Owner Al Davis.
From the kentucky.com
Little Yule was the target, but this brave mum somehow managed to save his life.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He is certainly as brave as his men, and was seen regularly near the front line.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Finally, one brave source suggested that farmers may be manipulating the market.
From the post-gazette.com
He might have been brave enough to win a VC but he wasn't brave enough for this.
From the smh.com.au
It would be a brave man with a cast-iron stomach who took them up on that offer.
From the dailymail.co.uk
The National Ecosystems Assessment is a brave attempt to redress this imbalance.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • A North American Indian warrior
  • 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... ...
  • Weather: face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements"
  • Audacious: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"
  • People who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"
  • 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"
  • Brave (previously titled The Bear and the Bow) is an upcoming computer-animated 3-D film being produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It is written and directed by Brenda Chapman and features the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, and Julie Walters. ...
  • In the aftermath of their album Brave, the band Marillion wanted to make a video out of the concept they had created. EMI reluctantly agreed to this despite the relatively poor album sales. ...
  • "Brave" is the second single from Idina Menzel's third studio album I Stand. The song was written by Menzel and Glen Ballard and was released on November 6, 2007. It reached the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart peaking at #19 on March 29, 2008.