Definitions for courage
ˈkɜr ɪdʒ, ˈkʌr-courage

Princeton's WordNet(2.47 / 15 votes)Rate this definition:

1. courage, courageousness, bravery, bravenessnoun

   a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

Wiktionary(4.51 / 12 votes)Rate this definition:

1. couragenoun

   The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious or inconsiderate.

   Etymology: From corage (French: courage), from cor. Distantly related to cardiac, which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root.

2. couragenoun

   The ability to do things which one finds frightening.

   Etymology: From corage (French: courage), from cor. Distantly related to cardiac, which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root.

3. courageverb

   To encourage.

   Etymology: From corage (French: courage), from cor. Distantly related to cardiac, which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root.

Webster Dictionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Couragenoun

   the heart; spirit; temper; disposition

2. Couragenoun

   heart; inclination; desire; will

3. Couragenoun

   that quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution

Freebase(3.80 / 10 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Courage

   Courage is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Physical courage is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, while moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement. In some traditions, fortitude holds approximately the same meaning as courage. In the Western tradition, notable thoughts on courage have come from philosophers such as Aristotle, Aquinas and Kierkegaard; in the Eastern tradition, some thoughts on courage were offered by the Tao Te Ching. More recently, courage has been explored by the discipline of psychology.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Courage

   kur′āj, n. the quality that enables men to meet dangers without fear: bravery: spirit.—interj. take courage!—adj. Courā′geous, full of courage: brave.—adv. Courā′geously.—n. Courā′geousness.—Dutch courage, a fictitious courage induced by drinking; Pluck up one's courage, to nerve one's self to something daring; The courage of one's convictions, courage to act up to or consistently with one's opinions. [O. Fr. corage (Fr. courage), from L. cor, the heart.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. courage

   1. A matter of the red corpuscle. 2. A matter of getting used to it. (It is oxygen that makes every attack, and without oxygen in his blood to back him, a man attacks nothing--not even a pie.--From Wilbur Nesbit's book _Bunc as I Have Found It_.)

Editors Contribution(3.73 / 11 votes)Rate this definition:

1. courage

   The ability and knowing to trust, listen and follow our heart and soul, to act and behave in a just manner when we know in our heart and soul what we feel intuitively is honest and true.

   The Director of the International Unity Government had the courage to take the unity government reform to the next level as she feels, knows and understands intuitively this is what the people choose and verified it and iss accurate in her assessment and ensures it is in line with optimum health, human rights, right to life, stability, unity government, shared prosperity and freedom for all on planet earth.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'courage' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4698

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'courage' in Nouns Frequency: #1919

How to pronounce courage?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of courage in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of courage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of courage in a Sentence

1. Albert Einstein:

   Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex ... it takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

2. Thomas Jefferson:

   One man with courage is a majority.

3. Ronald Reagan:

   Some of your countrymen were unable to distinguish between their native dislike for war and the stainless patriotism of those who suffered its scars. But there has been a rethinking and now we can say to you, and say as a nation, thank you for your courage.

4. Amelia Earhart Putnam:

   Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not. knows no release from little things.

5. J. K. Rowling:

   It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.

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