Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)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.

    Courage, Herz, Mut

    сме́лостьsmélostʹ, хра́бростьxrábrostʹ, отва́гаotvága

    сміли́вістьsmilývistʹ, хоро́брістьxoróbristʹ, му́жністьmúžnistʹ

  2. (uncountable, usually)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.

    Mut, Beherztheit

    му́жествоmúžestvo, реши́тельностьrešítelʹnostʹ

  3. (uncountable, usually)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.

    2008, Maya Angelou, address for the 2008 Cornell University commencement Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

More definitions
  • a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

Examples

677 sentences
  1. I was deeply impressed with his courage.

    Я був глибоко вражений його відвагою.

    ruЯ был глубоко впечатлён его храбростью.

    deIch war tief beeindruckt von seinem Mut.

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  2. Tom doesn't have the courage to do that.

    Тому не вистачає сміливості зробити це.

    ruТому не хватает смелости это сделать.

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  3. Tom finally got the courage to ask Mary out.

    Том, врешті-решт, осмілів настільки, що запросив Мері на побачення.

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  4. Tom doesn't lack courage.

    Тому не бракує мужності.

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  5. I admire you for your courage.

    Я у захваті від твоєї відваги.

    ruЯ восхищен твоей отвагой.

    deIch bewundere deinen Mut.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
quality of a confident character:
Русский
By meaning 2
quality of a confident character:
ability to do frightening things:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
quality of a confident character:
ability to do frightening things:

Origin

From Middle English corage, from Old French corage (French courage), from Vulgar Latin *co

From Middle English corage, from Old French corage (French courage), from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor (“heart”). Distantly related to cardiac (“of the heart”), which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Displaced Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“courage, valor”).

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Forms

plural: courages
Singularcourage

uncountable

Synonyms

27 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

18 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the courage to
  • have the courage
  • courage to do
  • courage to ask
  • up the courage
  • courage to admit
  • lot of courage
  • courage to tell
  • takes courage
  • takes courage to
  • courage to try
  • courage to say

See also

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