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Definition of 'Dare' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) dare
to have the necessary courage or boldness for something; be bold enough:
You wouldn't dare!

2. (v.t.) dare
to have the boldness to try; venture; hazard.

3.  dare
to meet defiantly; face courageously.

4.  dare
to challenge or provoke (a person) into a demonstration of courage:
I dare you to climb that.

5. (auxiliary v.) dare
to have the necessary courage or boldness to (used chiefly in questions and negatives):
How dare you speak to me like that? He dare not mention the subject again.

6. (n.) dare
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.

7. (n.) Dare
Virginia, 1587–?, first child born of English parents in the Western Hemisphere.


Definition of 'Dare' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) dare, daring
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
"he could never refuse a dare"

2. (verb) make bold, dare, presume
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
"How dare you call my lawyer?"

3. (verb) dare
to be courageous enough to try or do something
"I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others"

4. (verb) defy, dare
challenge
"I dare you!"


Definition of 'Dare' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) dare
to be unafraid of doing sth
Nobody dared to try except Jay.

2.  dare
to challenge sb to do sth
I dare you to jump off!

3.  dare
don't you dare
used to warn sb not to do sth
Don't you dare yell at me again!


Definition of 'Dare' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Dare
the quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash

2. (noun) Dare
defiance; challenge

3. (noun) Dare
a small fish; the dace

4. (verb) Dare
to have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture

5. (verb) Dare
to have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake

6. (verb) Dare
to challenge; to provoke; to defy

7. (verb) Dare
to lurk; to lie hid

8. (verb) Dare
to terrify; to daunt


Translation of 'Dare' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to be brave enough (to do something)
I daren't go; I don't dare (to) go; He wouldn't dare do a thing like that; Don't you dare say such a thing again!

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: durf, waag Arabic flag Arabic: يَجْرُؤ، يَتَجاسَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: осмелявам се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: atrever-se Czech flag Czech: odvážit se German flag German: wagen
Danish flag Danish: turde; vove Greek flag Greek: τολμώ Spanish flag Spanish: atraverse, osar
Estonian flag Estonian: söandama Farsi flag Farsi: جرات کردن Finnish flag Finnish: uskaltaa
French flag French: oser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהָעֵז Hindi flag Hindi: साहस करना
Croatian flag Croatian: usuditi se, odvažiti se Hungarian flag Hungarian: mer(észel) Indonesian flag Indonesian: berani
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þora, voga Italian flag Italian: osare Japanese flag Japanese: あえて~する
Korean flag Korean: 감히 (~)하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (iš)drįsti, turėti drąsos Latvian flag Latvian: uzdrīkstēties; uzdrošināt
Malay flag Malay: berani Dutch flag Dutch: durven Norwegian flag Norwegian: tore, våge
Polish flag Polish: mieć śmiałość, ważyć się Persian flag Persian: جرات کردن Pashto flag Pashto: زړورتوب كول، جرئت كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: atrever-se Romanian flag Romanian: aîndrăzni Russian flag Russian: (по)сметь
Slovak flag Slovak: odvážiť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: upati si Serbian flag Serbian: usuditi se
Swedish flag Swedish: våga, tordas Thai flag Thai: กล้า Turkish flag Turkish: cesaret etmek, cüret etme
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сміти; наважуватися Urdu flag Urdu: ہمت یا جسارت سے کام لینا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dám Chinese flag Chinese: 

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