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brag
What does brag mean?
brag (verb): to boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use brag in a sentence?
- It was nothing to brag about. (Tatoeba sentence #9774587 by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce brag?
/bɹæɡ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does brag come from?
From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of brag?
Words related to brag
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “brag” mean?
to boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself
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to rebuild or replenish with entirely new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance; to renovate
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to start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on
Not quite: that's what resume means.
to concur upon conviction; to accept tacitly; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition
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Which word is closest in meaning to “brag”?
trace
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rival
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boast
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climb
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