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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Audace

Pronunciation / Transliteration: awˈdaːtʃe

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bold/boʊld/
adjectiveverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha preso una decisione audace."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Showing courage and confidence; willing to take risks.

    "She made a bold decision to start her own business."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is confident and courageous.

    "He is known as a bold inquirer, always seeking the truth."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'bald', meaning brave or courageous, tracing back to Proto-Germanic '*balþaz'. Over centuries, the semantic scope expanded from personal bravery to visual prominence in typography and design during the printing era.

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