brave
♦ brave /br'eɪv/ (braver bravest braves braving braved)
1 [ADJ]
Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations.
He was not brave enough to report the loss of the documents.
...those brave people who dared to challenge the Stalinist regimes.
= courageous
≠ cowardly
● bravely [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
Mr Kim bravely stood up to authority.
2 [VERB] V n
If you brave unpleasant or dangerous conditions, you deliberately expose yourself to them, usually in order to achieve something. (WRITTEN)
Thousands have braved icy rain to demonstrate their support.
3 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone is putting on a brave face or is putting a brave face on a difficult situation, they are pretending that they are happy or satisfied when they are not.
He felt disappointed but he tried to put on a brave face...brave new world
[N-SING] usu N of n
If someone refers to a brave new world, they are talking about a situation or system that has recently been created and that people think will be successful and fair.
...the brave new world of internet banking.
1 [ADJ]
Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations.
He was not brave enough to report the loss of the documents.
...those brave people who dared to challenge the Stalinist regimes.
= courageous
≠ cowardly
● bravely [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
Mr Kim bravely stood up to authority.
2 [VERB] V n
If you brave unpleasant or dangerous conditions, you deliberately expose yourself to them, usually in order to achieve something. (WRITTEN)
Thousands have braved icy rain to demonstrate their support.
3 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone is putting on a brave face or is putting a brave face on a difficult situation, they are pretending that they are happy or satisfied when they are not.
He felt disappointed but he tried to put on a brave face...brave new world
[N-SING] usu N of n
If someone refers to a brave new world, they are talking about a situation or system that has recently been created and that people think will be successful and fair.
...the brave new world of internet banking.