Sekirov Dictionary

courage

/ˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 5

noun3

•
strength of mind to do something even though it makes a person afraid
- He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.
•
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
- It takes a lot of courage to be successful in business.
•
The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal; moral fortitude.
- “Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.” — 1942

verb1

(no longer used) To encourage.

forms

couraged · couraging · courages

Phrases with courage

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome