Definitions for audacity
ɔˈdæs ɪ tiau·dac·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. audacity, audaciousness, temeritynoun

   fearless daring

2. audacity, audaciousnessnoun

   aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery

   "he had the audacity to question my decision"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. audacitynoun

   Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.

2. audacitynoun

   Fearlessness, intrepid daring.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Audacitynoun

   Spirit; boldness; confidence.

   Etymology: from audax, Lat.

   Lean, raw-bon’d rascals! who would e’er suppose,
   They had such courage and audacity. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   Great effects come of industry and perseverance; for audacity doth almost bind and mate the weaker sort of minds. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 902.

   For want of that freedom and audacity, necessary in commerce with men, his personal modesty overthrew all his publick actions. Tatler, №. 52.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Audacity

   Audacity is a song by English rapper Stormzy, featuring vocals from British rapper and songwriter Headie One. It was released as a single on 11 December 2019 as the fifth single from his second studio album Heavy Is the Head.

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1. audacity

   Audacity is the willingness to take bold risks or the quality of being daring and fearless, often in a context perceived as recklessly disrespectful or insolent. It can also refer to a behavior marked by defiant disregard for conventional norms or boundaries.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Audacitynoun

   daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness

2. Audacitynoun

   reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints

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1. Audacity

   Audacity is a free digital audio editor and recording application, available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other operating systems. Audacity was started by Dominic Mazzoni and Roger Dannenberg at Carnegie Mellon University. As of 10 October 2011, it was the 11th most popular download from SourceForge, with 76.5 million downloads. Audacity won the SourceForge 2007 and 2009 Community Choice Award for Best Project for Multimedia.

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1. audacity

   the quality of having enough courage to take risks or say impolite things

   I can't believe he had the audacity to ask me for more money!

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on June 16, 2014  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of audacity in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of audacity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of audacity in a Sentence

1. Christina Applegate:

   We are not re-doing, rebooting, having the audacity of trying to improve upon anything, we are completely different people, we're like a distant cousin. We just want people to have an enjoyable ride.

2. Ellen Dorsey:

   They have a smart strategy around building power with the audacity of their vision, critics belittle them and question their authenticity but they are brave and are doubling down.

3. Sean Edwards:

   You have an adult mother who had the audacity to leave her one-year-old in the custody with several other children.

4. Nic McKinley:

   What about the little girl who just wants to kick a ball around a field and wants to do that well, and has worked hard to do that at a world class level who finds herself suddenly in jeopardy only because she just wanted to play a sport and had a passion for playing that sport? the only thing that they had done wrong in the eyes of the Taliban ... is the fact that they were born girls and they had the audacity to dream of doing something.

5. Pete Buttigieg:

   I recognize the audacity of doing this as a Midwestern millennial mayor, more than a little bold —at age 37 — to seek the highest office in the land.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=audacity
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Audacity
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=audacity
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audacity
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=audacity