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# audacity

«audacity» in Mova's school dictionary: **boldness, daring to do something that other people would…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (audacities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Audacity is boldness, daring to do something that other people would not dare to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audacity/#m1)

2) Audacity can also mean rudeness, a shocking lack of respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audacity/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a person who has the nerve to make a bold or insulting demand.

### examples

- She had the audacity to ask for more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audacity/#x1)
- I could not believe his audacity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audacity/#x2)
- It took audacity to challenge the giant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audacity/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «audacity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audacity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.