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Courage
Today’s word is River.
What it means
- noun
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.”
- noun
The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
“He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.”
- noun
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.
Where it comes from
Courage comes from Old French corage, from Latin cor, the heart. At first it meant the heart as the seat of feeling. English drew it toward bravery: strength of heart in the face of something hard. Encourage is the same heart, offered to someone else.
In a sentence
- That would take courage.by CK, Tatoeba
- That certainly requires courage.by AlanF_US, Tatoeba
- Have courage and fight.by CM, Tatoeba
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