"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important then fear" -- Ambrose Redmoon.
She displayed great courage when she stood up to the bullies at school.
The suffix in the word "courage" is "-age".
She gathered her courage to confront her boss about the unfair treatment of her coworkers.
The Hawaiian translation for the word βcourageβ is βkΕ«paΚ»a.β
Courage is the root word. This word cannot be split up into more parts and still keep any meaning. "Cou-" is not a prefix, and therefore cannot be a prefix on the word "rage". "-ous" is added to nouns (such as courage) to make them into adjectives.
It forms the adjective from the noun: a courageous person is one having courage, and a courageous act is one that demonstrates courage.
To have courage is to fear something but do it anyway.
John F. Kennedy wrote, "Profiles in Courage." I had the courage to report my classmate for cheating.
The man had so much courage, that he jumped into the burning building to save the woman.
He extolled the courage of the new king.
I could not muster up the courage to touch the snake.
"Come on, you have to have courage!" "No, Addison, it's hopeless."
"Everyone should muster the courage to speak in public."
The concrete noun in the sentence is firemen, a word for physical people.
Courage
Example sentence for the abstract noun 'courage':I do not have the courage to tell lies.
the pioneers faced the challenge of settling the frontier with unyielding courage
I mean his steadfast courage, his calm continual self-control.