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   dare

   /dɛː/

   verb

   • 1. have the courage to do something: "a story he dare not write down" Similar be brave enoughhave the couragepluck up couragetake the riskventurehave the nervehave the temeritymake so bold asbe so bold ashave the effronteryhave the audacitypresumego so far asrisk doinghazard doingtake the liberty of doinginformal:stick one's neck outgo out on a limbtake a flyerarchaic:make bold to
   • 2. defy or challenge (someone) to do something: "she was daring him to disagree" Similar challengeprovokegoadtauntdefysummoninvitebidthrow down the gauntlet to
   • 3. take the risk of; brave: literary "few dared his wrath"

   noun

   • 1. a challenge, especially to prove courage: "she ran across a main road for a dare"

   Word Origin Old Englishdurran, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic gadaursan, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tharsein and Sanskrit dhṛṣ- ‘be bold’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. darer noun

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   DARE definition: 1. to be brave enough to do something: 2. to try to make someone do something dangerous: 3. used…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of DARE is to be sufficiently courageous to. How to use dare in a sentence.

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   to challenge or provoke (a person) into a demonstration of courage; defy: We dared him to show up at school dressed that way. auxiliary verb. to have the necessary courage or boldness to (used chiefly in questions and negatives): He dare not mention the subject again. How dare you speak to me like that? He dare not mention the subject again. noun.

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    dare emphasizes the state of mind that makes one willing to meet danger: He dared to do what he knew was right. venture emphasizes the act of doing something that involves risk: He ventured into deep water.

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    When you challenge or provoke someone to try something risky, it's a dare. If you accept a dare, you're probably trying to prove how brave you are. When you challenge your friend to a dare, you dare him. You might, for example, dare your brother to jump off the garage into a pile of leaves.