ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRAVE
From French, from Italian bravo courageous, wild, perhaps ultimately from Latin barbarusbarbarous.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BRAVE
PRESENT
Present
I brave
you brave
he/she/it braves
we brave
you brave
they brave
Present continuous
I am braving
you are braving
he/she/it is braving
we are braving
you are braving
they are braving
Present perfect
I have braved
you have braved
he/she/it has braved
we have braved
you have braved
they have braved
Present perfect continuous
I have been braving
you have been braving
he/she/it has been braving
we have been braving
you have been braving
they have been braving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I braved
you braved
he/she/it braved
we braved
you braved
they braved
Past continuous
I was braving
you were braving
he/she/it was braving
we were braving
you were braving
they were braving
Past perfect
I had braved
you had braved
he/she/it had braved
we had braved
you had braved
they had braved
Past perfect continuous
I had been braving
you had been braving
he/she/it had been braving
we had been braving
you had been braving
they had been braving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will brave
you will brave
he/she/it will brave
we will brave
you will brave
they will brave
Future continuous
I will be braving
you will be braving
he/she/it will be braving
we will be braving
you will be braving
they will be braving
Future perfect
I will have braved
you will have braved
he/she/it will have braved
we will have braved
you will have braved
they will have braved
Future perfect continuous
I will have been braving
you will have been braving
he/she/it will have been braving
we will have been braving
you will have been braving
they will have been braving
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would brave
you would brave
he/she/it would brave
we would brave
you would brave
they would brave
Conditional continuous
I would be braving
you would be braving
he/she/it would be braving
we would be braving
you would be braving
they would be braving
Conditional perfect
I would have brave
you would have brave
he/she/it would have brave
we would have brave
you would have brave
they would have brave
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been braving
you would have been braving
he/she/it would have been braving
we would have been braving
you would have been braving
they would have been braving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you brave
we let´s brave
you brave
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
braving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «BRAVE»
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brave.
For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists, but they're very brave with the terrorists... If the terrorists ever got a hold of this information, they'd get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad.
The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood.
Being brave enough to just be unapologetic for who you are, that's a goddess.
You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave.
During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives they saved.
My 94-year-old grandmother has always been so inspiring to me. She is kind, smart, brave, and independent. After graduating number one in her medical school class at a time when it was extremely rare for women to attend medical school, she worked with the World Health Organization in North Africa to eradicate tuberculosis.
We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind.
I graduated from Second City Los Angeles. It helped me tremendously, not only in my roles in films but in helping shape me into a writer as well. In improv, you will fail sometimes, so it teaches you to be brave and try anything. The worst that can happen is nobody laughs.
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRAVE»
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brave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
brave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
- Comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces - Concise critical excerpts provide a scholarly overview of each work - "The Story Behind the Story" details the conditions under which ...
In Athena the Brain, Athena always knew she was smart and special, but she didn’t realize that she was a goddess!
Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams,
2010
A month before eighth grade begins, Alice realizes she is going to have to face something she's been afraid of forever.
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor,
2012
In this, the fifth book in the Shadow Children series, Margaret Peterson Haddix returns to the futuristic setting and compelling characters she created in Among the Hidden.
Margaret Peterson Haddix,
2010
5
The
brave little toaster: a bedtime story for small appliances
Feeling abandoned by their beloved master, a vacuum cleaner, tensor lamp, electric blanket, clock radio, and toaster undertake a long and arduous journey to find him in a faraway city.
6
But Some of Us Are
Brave: All the Women Are White, All the ...
Essays study the history and position of Black women in America, discussing such topics as racism, Black feminism, and Black women's literature
Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, Barbara Smith,
1982
7
Brave NUI World: Designing Natural User Interfaces for Touch ...
Written by developers of industry-first, multi-touch, multi-user products, this book gives you the necessary tools and information to integrate touch and gesture practices into your daily work, presenting scenarios, problem solving, ...
Daniel Wigdor, Dennis Wixon,
2011
8
Brave as a Mountain Lion
Despite his perfect scores on his spelling tests, Spider is frightened to enter the spelling bee contest and stand up on stage in front of people, but when Mom, Dad, and big brother Will remind him that even they get scared, Spider finds ...
9
Books of the
Brave: Being an Account of Books and of Men in ...
For the first time in English, this edition combines Leonard's text with a selection of the documents that were his most valuable sources--nine lists of books destined for the Indies.
Irving Albert Leonard,
1949
10
Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of ...
The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization John Robb. impulse,
but it's hardly the main part. As no less an authority than Osama bin Laden put it
in a tape released just before the 2004 election, if al-Qaeda was so opposed to ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRAVE»
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brave is used in the context of the following news items.
Le Corbusier's brave new India
This was a brave new leap of faith,” he claims. “You took large tracts of farmlands and decided to make a whole new city, and you did it over a ... «swissinfo.ch, Jul 15»
'The Abduction of Bacon at Dawn, the Chronicles of a Brave Rooster …
From a gameplay standopint, Brave Rooster is a basic platformer with a few extra additions mixed in. Agility-based levels are mixed in with a ... «Touch Arcade, Jul 15»
Yolanda Foster Puts on Brave Face in Hyperbaric Chamber to Help …
Yolanda Foster has been very vocal about her battle with chronic Lyme disease and she continues to share her difficult journey with her social ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
Brave blogger posts video revealing domestic abuse hell
Brave fitness blogger Emma Murphy has uploaded a video to facebook that reveals the domestic abuse hell she faces at home, in an attempt to ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
A cancer survivor's tribute to Kolkata brave-hearts
New Delhi: Continuity in treatment and the help offered by NGO-run homes for free stay during medication of children fighting cancer are the ... «Sakshi Post, Jul 15»
U.S. Remains The Home Of The Brave Entrepreneur
At 16, Jan Koum immigrated to the U.S. from his native Ukraine, then still under communist control. He and his single mother rented a small ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
In tough times, fortune favours brave investors
In a bid to encourage our brave direct investors I have a couple of interesting companies that hold plenty of promise. SmartTrans has been ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
Dierks Bentley: Brave Enough for "Riser"
“'Riser' is just important, and I feel like I'd forever be kicking myself for not being brave enough to give it shot. We could do an easier song, but ... «CMT.com, Jul 15»
Brave Tube driver who survived the 7/7 bomb will take his train …
A brave tube driver who survived the London bombings will take his train down the same line exactly 10 years on. Stuart Bell, 63, was behind ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
John Feehery: A brave new GOP
John Feehery: A brave new GOP. Greg Nash. By John Feehery - 07/06/15 05:44 PM EDT. To build a modern America, we have to modernize the Grand Old ... «The Hill, Jul 15»