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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
courage
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an act of courage/bravery
▪ The men were awarded the medals for acts of courage.
Dutch courage
exceptional bravery/courage
▪ Fire crews showed exceptional bravery.
indomitable spirit/will/courage etc
▪ Alice was a woman of indomitable spirit.
muster (up) the courage/confidence/energy etc to do sth
▪ Finally I mustered up the courage to ask her out.
sap sb’s strength/courage/energy
▪ Her long illness was gradually sapping Charlotte’s strength.
take courage/guts
▪ It takes courage to admit you are wrong.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
considerable
▪ Truman's career had developed wholly in the domestic context where he had shown considerable guile and courage.
▪ To step out of bed on to the cold lino, and to begin dressing and shivering, took considerable courage.
▪ Coping with loss and sustaining morale is not easy, requiring considerable courage.
great
▪ Their respect for her as she found the courage to speak out gave her still greater courage and self-confidence.
▪ With great courage, Vasseur has blown the whistle on an unacceptable situation.
▪ They had prevailed with great courage in the trenches of tourism, but enough was enough.
▪ Yet some did take a step of great courage.
▪ Sometimes, staying put is a greater act of courage than pulling up stakes and starting anew.
▪ The partisans showed great courage, but some of them had to withdraw from the Parma Apennines down towards Tuscany.
▪ To lead people through periods of fundamental behavior change takes even greater courage.
human
▪ To deplore children being crippled by land mines is not really at the pinnacle of human courage, is it?
little
▪ A little courage, thought FakhrLI, and I will be a nawab.
moral
▪ She was far from confident that she possessed the moral courage to endure further revelations from that dark side of her moon.
▪ But nothing will really be solved until we have a government with the moral courage to ban driving entirely.
▪ It is also right to reward physical bravery and moral courage.
▪ The moral courage required on the part of the elderly person to recognise what is happening and not resist should also be saluted.
personal
▪ Yet such an esoteric statistic took second place to a tale of personal commitment and courage.
▪ If not countermanded by personal courage or other organizational forces, this tendency becomes habitual and self-perpetuating.
▪ But his recovery also owes a great deal to his personal courage.
▪ As far as Castro's personal courage was concerned, his position was admirable and correct.
physical
▪ He had, too, the rock-like character and physical courage of Chesterton's priest.
▪ The first was physical courage: the swaggering courtship of danger, injury, maiming or even death.
▪ He showed immense physical courage in fighting the illness which left him unable to walk again unaided.
political
▪ It will take tremendous political will, courage and humanity to reverse this situation.
▪ But both also have fans who admire their issues-oriented leadership and political courage.
▪ That struggle to free the Democrats from outdated thinking has demanded more political courage than Clinton is usually credited with.
■ VERB
admire
▪ The police admire his courage but they'd rather he'd dialed 999.
▪ Rather than being denigrated and despised, he was admired for his courage, his steadfastness, his devotion to family.
▪ I can only admire her courage.
▪ They admired courage and feared death.
ask
▪ It was several minutes before he had found the courage to ask her how she had got to the beach.
▪ When we returned, the fisherwomen had gathered enough courage to ask us to tea.
▪ In the hotel that night she found the courage to ask about it.
▪ He had not had the courage to ask Sokolow directly for such a major and difficult work.
change
▪ For all his famous steadfastness, Assad lacked the toughest quality of all: the courage to change.
▪ In doing this I found the second step: The courage to change the things I can.
▪ But his courage did not change the course of history, it simply delayed it a bit.
▪ To lead others through change, you must have the courage to change yourself.
face
▪ If we had more courage at Goodison in facing up to the truth unpalatable though it may be things might begin to improve.
▪ You need to find the courage to face the fact that your fears are unreal.
▪ They underlined the pain inflicted on the conquered Gauls and their courage in facing death - alone or with their families.
▪ The man with the courage to face up to the issue was Heisenberg.
find
▪ Somehow they must find the courage to accept the challenge.
▪ If I found the courage to begin, it was only because of Aesop.
▪ She was wishing she could find the courage to go through the wood by the path.
▪ You can find courage by focusing relentlessly on performance and people.
▪ Pray heaven she might find the courage to endure the horrors that must lie in store!
▪ Most important, you can find courage within yourself by living the change you wish to bring about.
▪ She resolved that if he couldn't find the necessary courage, she would.
▪ In the process, many of these managers found their perseverance and courage ultimately rewarded.
gather
▪ He liked her, she knew, although he never seemed to gather the courage to do anything about it.
▪ When we returned, the fisherwomen had gathered enough courage to ask us to tea.
▪ I gathered up all my courage and went home and we went for a walk and I just told him.
▪ So Mark gathered up his courage and talked to his supervisor one April morning.
▪ I gathered my courage, and turned, prepared to look myself in the face.
give
▪ He squeezed his eyes shut and swore silently to give himself courage.
▪ But, she gives me courage.
▪ Civil-rights activists were appalled by the new brutality of the police, but it gave courage to ordinary people to become informers.
▪ Bring me proof that the Wicked Witch is dead, and that moment I will give you courage.
▪ And there was a rage around, I knew, that would give courage even to Sebastian.
▪ Their respect for her as she found the courage to speak out gave her still greater courage and self-confidence.
▪ It was almost a religious conviction he had, and one which gave him the courage to carry out his plans.
▪ This information should give you the courage to experiment with indented paragraph formats.
lack
▪ The Empress, who lacked neither intelligence nor courage, immediately understood the import of what had happened.
▪ If they lacked the courage to fight for themselves and for their good names, how could they fight for any-one else?
▪ She entirely lacked the courage to approach it.
▪ He did not lack courage, but it pained him acutely to see his beloved army bloodied.
▪ One by one everyone else's balloon burst but I lacked the courage to blow too hard.
▪ But Bao Dai, though intelligent, lacked the courage to articulate his ideas.
▪ Or did he know about it and after 2,000 years of Mariolatry lack the courage to correct it?
▪ Indeed, if you as a leader lack the courage to live the change, how can you expect it of others?
lose
▪ Gradually I lost the courage to speak out about anything or to question anyone.
▪ But he suddenly lost what courage he had bad and just wandered off.
▪ Lying waiting for the family to go to sleep, she had begun to lose courage.
▪ Not until other assigned friars lost courage did his superiors send Serra with his student and confidant Francisco Palou to the work.
▪ Just as she was beginning to lose her courage, Luke's voice stopped, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
▪ All things became a burden, and I lost my courage and will.
▪ Although she started cheerfully, she began to lose her courage as she approached Emminster.
muster
▪ It had taken the last half-hour to muster the courage to mention the subject yet again.
▪ That you mustered the courage to come here in the first place-we know how disconcerting this sort of thing is for you.
▪ He was mustering up the courage to quit when Spider touched him on the shoulder.
need
▪ She walked straight in, feeling she had never needed as much courage in her life before.
▪ You need to find the courage to face the fact that your fears are unreal.
▪ I need to summon my courage for its wild, exhilarating, heart-stopping ride.
▪ She would need some of his courage, and his good fortune.
▪ He needs to find the courage to take such a stand in the name of decent social policy as well.
▪ You need to have the courage of your convictions.
pluck
▪ But why not pluck up the courage to do what you've always wanted?
▪ A year later, I plucked up my courage and became pregnant once more.
▪ I think you should pluck up the courage to invite him out.
▪ After a while, too, some of the more literary residents of Princeton plucked up the courage to speak to him.
▪ Kent suspected that if the fellow ever did pluck up courage to call he would be disappointed.
▪ On three occasions he had plucked up the courage to call her, but had never had a reply.
▪ Eventually I plucked up courage and booked a ticket to Amsterdam with the sole purpose of getting laid.
▪ Nelly begged me not to leave her, and plucking up courage I stayed.
praise
▪ He would not have gone to Munich himself, he said, but he praised Chamberlain's courage for acting differently.
▪ He lamented their losses, praised their courage, and attributed their lack of success to accidental causes.
require
▪ Expressing such views requires courage because it would appear to be taboo to talk about protecting fee income.
▪ Yes, although Mchboob did not think it very serious, even that required some courage.
▪ Such schemes require courage from the government, the co-operation of the opposition and forbearance by unions.
▪ Nonviolence, he said, requires much more courage than violence.
▪ Coping with loss and sustaining morale is not easy, requiring considerable courage.
▪ To make such decisions requires extraordinary courage and self-confidence.
▪ Land invasions are a highly militant form of action, which require courage on the part of those involved.
▪ Governance in democracies, particularly with those issues that are deemed fundamental, requires more than courage.
screw
▪ But Janice's fear was so great she struggled through two more migraines before screwing up enough courage to try the injection.
▪ Amy had screwed up her courage for this.
▪ I eventually screwed up the courage to write to Richardson, pretending to be a drama student wanting advice.
▪ Opposition politicians are screwing up their courage.
show
▪ The partisans showed great courage, but some of them had to withdraw from the Parma Apennines down towards Tuscany.
▪ In proposing such unpalatable measures, albeit with reluctance, the Big Five were showing both realism and courage.
▪ I tried to sound composed, not to show courage but because I suddenly realized it was simply the only alternative.
▪ Truman's career had developed wholly in the domestic context where he had shown considerable guile and courage.
▪ Miriam showed such courage from the time of her childhood.
▪ Another inspiring figure was Keith Chegwin, who also showed great courage by admitting on television that he is an alcoholic.
▪ Too often we just remember the men throughout our history who have shown courage and compassion.
speak
▪ Gradually I lost the courage to speak out about anything or to question anyone.
▪ Their respect for her as she found the courage to speak out gave her still greater courage and self-confidence.
▪ It takes courage to speak out when one is well known.
▪ We must have traveled two miles before either one of us found the courage to speak.
▪ After a while, too, some of the more literary residents of Princeton plucked up the courage to speak to him.
▪ We notice that they are watching us intently and are working up the courage to speak to us.
▪ We were all very young and shy and none of us had the courage to approach and speak to them.
stand
▪ To me Conscience and courage stood fleshed out in you.
▪ Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience.
summon
▪ There is still a way out of this economic mess, if Mr Gorbachev can summon up the courage to take it.
▪ In 1941, Roosevelt conceded failure and Congress summoned the courage to codify the date in law.
▪ Time is required, often to summon the courage necessary to talk about their real problems and difficulties.
▪ When at last he lay sleeping quietly, she summoned all her courage and lit the lamp.
▪ University students summoned the courage to demonstrate for multi-party changes soon after the Lenten letter was read.
▪ I need to summon my courage for its wild, exhilarating, heart-stopping ride.
▪ He summoned his courage and said so to the grim-faced man before he left the sick room.
▪ Feeling small and insignificant, Chesarynth summoned up the courage to move.
take
▪ Create impressive graphic designs on your walls; all it takes is courage and a little sleight of hand.
▪ It takes courage for parents to permit themselves to be vulnerable and seek psychological help.
▪ But it would have taken more courage than I could muster.
▪ It took courage for that man to confront a superior.
▪ It takes effort, courage and a sense of humour to love again after a certain age.
▪ It is something which takes courage.
▪ That took a lot of courage and I agree with her completely.
▪ It took a lot of courage for her to finally tell us.
tell
▪ But it would have been more dignified for both of us had he found the courage to tell me himself.
▪ He hated her and he hated himself for not having the courage to tell her.
▪ Lord Robertson lacked the courage to tell us.
test
▪ Since then he has fulfilled many ambitions, learned new skills and tested his courage and physical fitness to the limit.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a badge of honour/courage etc
▪ Privatisation used to be a badge of honour worn with pride by these Ministers.
▪ That, more a badge of honour.
every (last) ounce of courage/energy/strength etc
▪ It had taken every ounce of courage she possessed to board the aircraft after her last experience.
pluck up (the) courage (to do sth)
▪ After a while, too, some of the more literary residents of Princeton plucked up the courage to speak to him.
▪ But eventually, he plucked up courage to see a solicitor.
▪ But why not pluck up the courage to do what you've always wanted?
▪ Eventually I plucked up courage and booked a ticket to Amsterdam with the sole purpose of getting laid.
▪ I think you should pluck up the courage to invite him out.
▪ Kent suspected that if the fellow ever did pluck up courage to call he would be disappointed.
▪ Nelly begged me not to leave her, and plucking up courage I stayed.
▪ On three occasions he had plucked up the courage to call her, but had never had a reply.
screw up the/enough courage to do sth
▪ But Janice's fear was so great she struggled through two more migraines before screwing up enough courage to try the injection.
▪ I eventually screwed up the courage to write to Richardson, pretending to be a drama student wanting advice.
stock of jokes/knowledge/courage etc
▪ These stocks of knowledge can be altered by interactions, through negotiation.
▪ This ties in with the notion of the negotiable nature of people's stocks of knowledge.
work up enthusiasm/interest/courage etc
your courage/will/nerve fails (you)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Driving again after his accident must have taken a lot of courage.
▪ Nelson Mandela will be remembered for his courage and integrity in the struggle against apartheid.
▪ Private Smith was recognized for her courage.
▪ She showed great courage during her long illness.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He is capable of cold-blooded or berserk courage in desperate moments yet is constantly afraid of being cowardly.
▪ He was mustering up the courage to quit when Spider touched him on the shoulder.
▪ Her courage in the face of death is an example to us all.
▪ If they lacked the courage to fight for themselves and for their good names, how could they fight for any-one else?
▪ In the face of such talent, not to say courage, how could I expose her?
▪ Service, under such appalling conditions, is testimony indeed to his courage.
▪ Tapping into that courage demands more than intellectual commitment and tough decision making.
▪ This would take some courage but something inside her was urging her to be honest.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Courage

Courage \Cour"age\ (k[u^]r"[asl]j; 48), n. [OE. corage heart, mind, will, courage, OF. corage, F. courage, fr. a LL. derivative of L. cor heart. See Heart.]

  1. The heart; spirit; temper; disposition. [Obs.]

    So priketh hem nature in here corages.
    --Chaucer.

    My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh, and this soft courage makes your followers faint.
    --Shak.

  2. Heart; inclination; desire; will. [Obs.]
    --Chaucer.

    I'd such a courage to do him good.
    --Shak.

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

    The king-becoming graces . . . Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them.
    --Shak.

    Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it.
    --Addison.

    Syn: Heroism; bravery; intrepidity; valor; gallantry; daring; firmness; hardihood; boldness; dauntlessness; resolution.

    Usage: See Heroism. -- Courage, Bravery, Fortitude, Intrepidity, Gallantry, Valor. Courage is that firmness of spirit and swell of soul which meets danger without fear. Bravery is daring and impetuous courage, like that of one who has the reward continually in view, and displays his courage in daring acts. Fortitude has often been styled ``passive courage,'' and consist in the habit of encountering danger and enduring pain with a steadfast and unbroken spirit. Valor is courage exhibited in war, and can not be applied to single combats; it is never used figuratively. Intrepidity is firm, unshaken courage. Gallantry is adventurous courage, which courts danger with a high and cheerful spirit. A man may show courage, fortitude, or intrepidity in the common pursuits of life, as well as in war. Valor, bravery, and gallantry are displayed in the contest of arms. Valor belongs only to battle; bravery may be shown in single combat; gallantry may be manifested either in attack or defense; but in the latter case, the defense is usually turned into an attack.

Courage

Courage \Cour"age\, v. t. To inspire with courage; to encourage. [Obs.]

Paul writeth unto Timothy . . . to courage him.
--Tyndale.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
courage

c.1300, from Old French corage (12c., Modern French courage) "heart, innermost feelings; temper," from Vulgar Latin *coraticum (source of Italian coraggio, Spanish coraje), from Latin cor "heart" (see heart) which remains a common metaphor for inner strength.\n

\nIn Middle English, used broadly for "what is in one's mind or thoughts," hence "bravery," but also "wrath, pride, confidence, lustiness," or any sort of inclination. Replaced Old English ellen, which also meant "zeal, strength."

Wiktionary
courage

n. 1 The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easy but without being incautious or inconsiderate. 2 The ability to do things which one finds frightening. vb. (label en obsolete) To encourage. (15th-17thc.)

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WordNet
courage

n. a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger of pain without showing fear [syn: courageousness, bravery] [ant: cowardice]

Wikipedia
Courage

Courage (also called bravery, bravado or valour) is the choice and willingness to confront agony, 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, discouragement, or personal loss.

In some traditions, fortitude holds approximately the same meaning. In the Western tradition, notable thoughts on courage have come from philosophers, Socrates, Plato, 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.

Courageousness does not imply fearlessness, which terms such as bravery or boldness are sometimes used as synonyms for.

Courage (disambiguation)

Courage is the ability to confront fear in the face of pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation.

Courage may also refer to:

Courage (Fish Leong album)

Courage is Malaysian Chinese Mandopop artist Fish Leong's second Mandarin studio album. It was released on 2 August 2000 by Rock Records.

The tracks "如果有一天" (If There Was A Day) and "勇氣" (Courage) are listed at number 9 and 47 respectively on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2000.

Courage (1930 film)

Courage is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film, produced by Warner Bros. in 1929 and released early in 1930. The movie is based on a stage play of the same name by Tom Barry which was a hit on Broadway in 1928.

Courage (Paula Cole album)

Courage is Paula Cole's fourth studio album. It marks her return to the music scene after nearly a decade-long hiatus. The album is a bit of a departure from her previous albums towards more of a jazz and folk sound this time. " 14" was the first single from the album, while " Comin' Down" was released to Triple A radio in the US in early August. It also features the song "It's My Life" which was featured in Mercury automobile commercials.

Courage (Milton Nascimento album)

Courage is an album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Milton Nascimento featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the CTI label.

Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)

"Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" is a song by The Tragically Hip, released as the third single from their 1992 album Fully Completely. The song's bracketed title references the late author Hugh MacLennan, particularly his 1959 novel The Watch That Ends the Night which is paraphrased in the song's lyrics.

The song was very successful, reaching #10 on Canada's RPM Singles Chart, and also charting well in the United States and the Netherlands. The song was also nominated for "Single of the Year" at the 1994 Juno Awards.

Courage (EP)

Courage is an EP released in 1993 by New Zealand band The Bats.

Courage (Frankie J album)

Courage is the sixth studio album released by Frankie J on December 7, 2011, after his departure from Columbia Records.

Courage (newspaper)

Courage was a German feminist newspaper published monthly from 1976 to 1984.

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Usage examples of "courage".

The Adar felt as if he had gone deaf in his heart and mind, and he struggled to maintain his courage.

It was a fresh proof to me of the courage of the Afrikander, who indeed, in my judgment, is in that quality surpassed by no one.

The Aleut Indian hunters, who had become panic-stricken, gradually regained sufficient courage again to follow the Russians eastward.

Nowere it that, Alypia had the decency, and the courage, to tell him to his face.

A part of me wanted to tear a good deal of her hair out, but another part of me recognized that Artemisia was a person of exceptional talent and courage, and moreover she was offering what I so much needed: help.

So when the mead courage finally came on him, he leaned near Aspar White.

As the smell was like the smell of the bakeshop near home, and as the doughnuts looked the same, David instantly plucked up courage.

Caecilia Metella Balearica had saved two seats which no one quite had the courage to usurp.

They had been foiled hi then: attempt to kill Colonel Baraka by his undaunted courage in facing down his attackers.

He looked round the barroom with rather an anxious air, and, retreating with his valuables to the warmest corner, disposed them under his chair, sat down, and looked rather apprehensively up at the worthy whose heels illustrated the end of the mantel-piece, who was spitting from right to left, with a courage and energy rather alarming to gentlemen of weak nerves and particular habits.

Among the events of that disastrous night, the heroic, or rather desperate, courage of John, one of the principal officers of Basiliscus, has rescued his name from oblivion.

Abu Batn against Zveri was rooted deeply in his inherent racial antipathy for Europeans and their religion, and its growth was stimulated by the aspersions which the Russian had cast upon the courage of the Aarab and his followers.

That bitch of a Beata would have succeeded, too, had I not had the foresight and the courage to bide my time and watch for my opportunity.

He begs them, if he be taken, to return him whatever may be in his cell, but if he succeed he gives the whole to Francis Soradaci, who is still a captive for want of courage to escape, not like me preferring liberty to life.

He had given Bids courage to face all the trouble she had at that time.