how to pronounce brave

/ˈbɹɛɪv/

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brave is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of brave in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… check well on the brave but the brave is …”

meaning of brave

Brave means having or showing courage.

brave frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word brave occurs in english on average 24.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics brave can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that brave can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;