bravery

«bravery» in Mova's school dictionary: being brave: doing something good or right even when it… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (bravery — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Bravery is being brave: doing something good or right even when it is dangerous, hard or scary. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories bravery is a key quality of heroes. In school and social lessons pupils learn that bravery is not having no fear: it is facing your fear, standing up for others, or telling the truth. In everyday life: bravery awards for firefighters, rescuers and children who help.

examples

• The firefighter got a medal for bravery. tree →
• It takes bravery to say sorry. tree →
• The girl showed great bravery when she called for help. tree →
• Bravery doesn't mean you're never scared. tree →
• The knight was famous for his bravery. tree →
• Standing up to a bully takes bravery. tree →
• ‘Dear Walter, remember that it is only cowards who boast; a really brave man never talks of his bravery.’ tree →

note

Uncountable: «great bravery», not «a bravery». Adjective: brave; adverb: bravely. Synonyms: courage. Bravery is not the same as doing dangerous dares for no reason, which is foolish, not brave.

In the corpora

• In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the fillets, and the crescents;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bravery» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.