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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
brave
brave [brave braves braved braving braver bravest] adjective, verb, noun BrE [breɪv] NAmE [breɪv]
adjective (braver, brav·est)
1. (of a person)willing to do things which are difficult, dangerous or painful; not afraid
Syn: ↑courageous
•brave men and women
• Be brave!
• I wasn't brave enough to tell her what I thought of her.
2. (of an action)requiring or showing courage
•a brave decision
• She died after a brave fight against cancer.
• He felt homesick, but made a brave attempt to appear cheerful.
3. ~ new (sometimes ironic)new in an impressive way
•a vision of a brave new Britain
Word Origin:
late 15th cent.: from French, from Italian bravo ‘bold’ or Spanish bravo ‘courageous, untamed, savage’, based on Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’.
Thesaurus:
brave adj.
•a brave fight against cancer
courageous • • heroic • • daring • • adventurous • • bold • |informal gutsy • |written fearless • |old-fashioned literary gallant •
Opp: cowardly
a brave/courageous/heroic/daring/bold/gallant attempt/action
a brave/courageous/daring/bold decision
a brave/courageous/heroic/gallant resistance/struggle
a brave/courageous/fearless/gallant soldier
Example Bank:
•The whisky had made me brave.
•I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I wasn't worried.
•I wasn't brave enough to tell her what I thought of her.
•She took the brave decision to start her own business.
Idioms: ↑brave new world ▪ ↑put a brave face on something ▪ ↑put on a brave face
Derived Words: ↑bravely ▪ ↑bravery
verb ~ sb/sth
to have to deal with sth difficult or unpleasant in order to achieve sth
•He did not feel up to braving the journalists at the airport.
•Over a thousand people braved the elements (= went outside in spite of the bad weather) to attend the march.
•The firemen braved the flames to rescue the family.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late 15th cent.: from French, from Italian bravo ‘bold’ or Spanish bravo ‘courageous, untamed, savage’, based on Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’.
Example Bank:
•Over a thousand people braved the elements to attend the march.
noun
1. the braveplural people who are brave
•America, the land of the free and the home of the brave
2. countable (old-fashioned)a Native American ↑warrior
Word Origin:
late 15th cent.: from French, from Italian bravo ‘bold’ or Spanish bravo ‘courageous, untamed, savage’, based on Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’.
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