Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being bold, in any of the senses of the word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being bold.
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- noun The state of being
bold ;courage ;presumptuousness . - noun typography The relative
weight of afont ; the thickness of itsstrokes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
- noun the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly
- noun impudent aggressiveness
Etymologies
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Examples
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It does take a certain boldness to name your book series after what's often taken as a symptom of schizophrenic psychosis.
False Witness 2009
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In her book If You Want To Write, she offers a favorite exercise for “getting people to write well, so they know how gifted they are and consequently grow in boldness and freedom.”
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We gained insight into how this sort of boldness translates into business success when one of the speakers clarified: Employees are afraid to make mistakes, and CEOs have made them.
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Indeed, Iran's boldness is possible because in many parts of the world deep distrust and even hatred of Jews is entirely acceptable.
Balkinization 2006
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Indeed, Iran's boldness is possible because in many parts of the world deep distrust and even hatred of Jews is entirely acceptable.
Balkinization 2006
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Henry believes boldness is what drives his management team, even when it comes to spending.
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As for the Drei Zinnen, they surpass in boldness and weirdness all the Dolomites of the Ampezzo.
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Whatever fantastic forms that rock may assume elsewhere, they are here surpassed in boldness and strangeness.
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Then the past aorist participle, "they that used the office of deacon well," implies that the present verb, "are acquiring to themselves boldness," is the result of the completed action of using the diaconate well.
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God (1Ti 1: 11-13). we faint not -- in boldness of speech and action, and patience in suffering (2Co 4: 2, 8-16, &c.).
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