courageous
EN • English
//kəˈɹeɪd͡ʒəs//
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Definitions & Usage
adjective
#1Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.
Example: “the most courageous person I have ever met”
adjective
#2Of an action, that requires courage.
Example: “a courageous deed”
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“In 1979, following Jimmy Carter’s unexpected and unreasonable decision to transfer diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, the Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act to preserve our relationship with this courageous nation. We believed that it was vital for our allies and for those who were not our allies to know that the United States would not abandon its friends.”
— 2005, Jesse Helms, “Foreign Relations Experiences”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 228–229:
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