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Definition of courageous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

courageous

adjective
 
/kəˈreɪdʒəs/
 
/kəˈreɪdʒəs/
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  1. showing courage synonym brave
    • a very courageous decision
    • I hope people will be courageous enough to speak out against this injustice.
    opposite cowardlyTopics Personal qualitiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French corageus, from corage, from Latin cor ‘heart’.
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