Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To make anxious.

  2. (transitive)Synonym of nerve (“to give courage or strength; to supply energy or vigour”).

  3. (intransitive)To get courage or strength.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom didn't have the nerve to show up.

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  2. I can't believe Tom has the nerve to show up.

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  3. That fellow has the nerve to show up again!

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Forms

nerves up, nerving up, nerved up, nerved up
Base formnerve up · to nerve up
3rd person singularnerves up
Present participlenerving up
Past simplenerved up
Past participlenerved up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynerve up
he, she, itnerves up

Past simpleLesson

all personsnerved up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave nerved up
he, she, ithas nerved up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nerve up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
nerveB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nerfnerveB2nervousA2nervouslyB2nervousnessB1nessB1
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