guts

CEFRB2

/ɡʌts/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Courage to do something difficult or dangerous.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Courage; determination.

Examples

  • These salted bonito guts are too salty for me.

  • You've got a lot of guts.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The entrails or contents of the abdomen.

  2. Content, substance.

  3. The essential, core parts.

More examples

In context

  • His speech had no guts in it.

  • It must have taken some guts to speak in front of that audience.

  • She doesn't take any nonsense from anyone—she's got guts.

Synonyms

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