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# courage

«courage» in Mova's school dictionary: **the ability to do something that frightens you or is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (courage — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Courage is the ability to do something that frightens you or is difficult, even when you feel afraid: bravery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courage/#m1)

2) «The courage of your convictions» means being brave enough to do what you believe is right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courage/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, courage is one of the most common themes: heroes face dragons, storms or bullies. At school, courage is taught as a value: standing up for someone being bullied, telling the truth, trying something new, admitting a mistake. In everyday life, courage does not mean having no fear; it means acting well despite it — and in danger, courage also means getting help instead of taking silly risks. Phrases: have the courage to, take courage, pluck up the courage, lose courage, an act of courage.

### examples

- It took courage to tell the teacher the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courage/#x1)
- She plucked up the courage to jump off the diving board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courage/#x2)
- The firefighter was praised for his courage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courage/#x3)
- Courage is not having no fear — it's doing the right thing anyway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courage/#x4)
- The cowardly lion went to find courage from the Wizard of Oz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courage/#x5)
- Standing up for a friend takes courage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courage/#x6)
- Well, have you lost your courage? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courage/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «a lot of courage», not «a courage» or «courages». Adjective: courageous. Pronounced «KUR-ij». Trap: being brave is not being reckless — real courage includes thinking about safety.

### In the corpora

- [Courage in the water grows by small steps with a teacher, and you only swim where an adult is watching.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/90-facing-fears/11/)
- [Courage to swim in the deep end grows step by step with a teacher, and only where an adult is watching.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/15/)
- [When friends want to leave someone out, invite them in; it takes courage to be kind when others aren't.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/22/)
- [Courage grows by small steps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/3/)
- [Being frightened does not make someone a coward; courage means doing the right thing while feeling afraid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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