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# fearless

«fearless» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not afraid of anything; very brave** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (fearless, more fearless, most fearless)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not afraid of anything; very brave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearless/#m1)

2) Ready to face danger or say difficult things without hesitating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearless/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A praising word for heroes, explorers, rescuers and animals. In stories a fearless character faces danger, but stories also show that being fearless is different from being careless; real courage is being afraid and doing the right thing anyway.

### examples

- The fearless firefighter ran into the burning house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearless/#x1)
- Our cat is fearless and chases dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearless/#x2)
- Badger was fearless in the Wild Wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearless/#x3)
- The fearless explorer crossed the ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearless/#x4)
- She was fearless on the climbing wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearless/#x5)
- Being brave doesn't mean being fearless; it means doing it even when you're scared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearless/#x6)
- The fearless little bird defended its nest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearless/#x7)
- But the Bodhisatta, having confidence in himself, went straight on, fearless as a maned lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearless/#x8)

### note

Adjective: fear + -less (without fear). Adverb: fearlessly; noun: fearlessness. Opposite: fearful, timid. Safety trap: «fearless» is not the same as «reckless» — doing dangerous things without thinking is not brave.

### In the corpora

- [Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1156/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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