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Definition: Dare |
DareNoun1. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare". Verb1. Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission; "How dare you call my lawyer?". 2. To be courageous enough to try or do something: "I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others.". 3. Challenge: "I dare you!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dare" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Computing | DARE Differential Analyzer REplacement. A family of simulation languages for continuous systems. ["Digital Continuous System Simulation", G.A. Korn et al, P-H 1978]. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DARE | English | Data Retrieval System for the Social Sciences | N/A |
DARE | French | Système de récupération des données pour les sciences sociales | Computing |
DARE | Spanish | Sistema de Localización de Datos para las Ciencias Sociales | Computing |
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Synonyms: DareSynonyms: daring (n), defy (v), make bold (v), presume to (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Defiance | Verb: defy, dare, beard; brave; (courage); bid defiance to; set at defiance, set at naught; hurl defiance at; dance the war dance, beat the war drums; snap the fingers at, laugh to scorn; disobey. |
Noun: defiance; daring & Verb:; dare; challenge, cartel; threat; war cry, war whoop. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dare |
| English words defined with "dare": Auntre ♦ Dared, defy, Durst ♦ Infinitive mood ♦ make bold ♦ Overdare ♦ presume to ♦ To break with, To promise one's self, To venture at, To venture on. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dare": BACCHUS ♦ Cat i' the Adage, Countercheck Quarrelsome, Crocum in Ciliciam ferre ♦ Daren't, Dunghill!, Dursent ♦ Give it Him ♦ LICKSPITTLE, Lick-spittle ♦ Omit "to" ♦ Per Saltum, Perilous Castle, Pick a Hole in his Coat, Poma Alcinoo Dare ♦ story ♦ Utilitarians ♦ William. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dare": mandate. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Dare" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (accord, administer, allow, bestow, cast, debit, give, grant, hand, hold forth, put, set, to give, yield), Latin (give), Romanian (assessment, barter, duty, ejaculation, giving, rendering, rendition, rent, scot, tax, taxation), Shona (bell). |
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Screenplays | I dare not take it, not even to keep it safe (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) The way I'm feeling right now, no mugger or murderer would dare mess with me. (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York; writing credit: John Hughes) Don't you dare throw up on me (Dr. Dolittle 2; writing credit: Larry Levin) Up the airy mountain, down the rushing glen, we dare not go a hunting, for fear of little men (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; writing credit: Roald Dahl) I think most Scottish cuisine is based on a dare. (So I Married An Axe Murder; writing credit: Robbie Fox, Neil Mullarkey, Mike Myers) | |
Lyrics | God help you if you are a phoenix and you dare to rise up from ash (32 Flavors; performing artist: Alana Davis) And if you'd care to take a dare I'll make a bet with you ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"; performing artist: Charlie Daniels Band) Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare (Space Oddity; performing artist: David Bowie) But how dare you try to take what you didn't help me to get (Cleanin' Out My Closet; performing artist: Eminem) You've got to share it, so you dare it (Epic; performing artist: Faith No More) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dare the Devil (1969) Where Eagles Dare (1968) Dare I Mourn Dare I Weep (1966) They Who Dare (1953) | |
Song Titles | Dare Me (performing artist: The Pointer Sisters) Dare To Be Stupid (performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
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 | The F/V BALLOT BOX near the Dare County Public Boat Ramp. Credit: Fisheries. |  | I dare you to marry me, she said. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | I dare say that it was twenty minutes or so that I lay paralyzed and watched its face. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Never dare say that!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount : and the tigers are getting hungry. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The launching of a 10,000 ton ship. Soon, one a week like this! The third 10,000 ton vessel to be launched from new shipyard on the East coast slides down the ways into the water. From the present one-every-two-weeks schedule, these "Virginia Dare" type v. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Launching of 10,000 ton ships. Soon, one a week like this! The third 10,000 ton vessel to be launched from new shipyard on the East coast slides down the ways into the water. From the present one-every-two-weeks schedule, these "Virginia Dare" type vessel. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dickie Dare. "The sheriff's men will be at our heels, Dickie, we must make for the forest to outwit the rogues!". Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Arthur Wellesley | To know when to retreat; and to dare to do it. |
John Adams | Let us dare to read, think, speak and write. |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy | Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. |
Lord Alfred Tennyson | What rights are those that dare not resist for them? |
Marquis De Vauvenargues | Those who can bear all can dare all. |
Pierre Corneille | Guess if you can, choose if you dare. |
Robert Burns | Dare to be honest and fear no labor. |
Walt Whitman | I accept reality and dare not question it. |
William Thackeray | To endure is greater than to dare. |
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John Locke | 1690 | But be this as it will, which I lay no stress on; this I dare boldly affirm, that the same rule of propriety, (viz.) that every man should have as much as he could make use of, would hold still in the world, without straitening any body; since there is land enough in the world to suffice double the inhabitants, had not the invention of money, and the tacit agreement of men to put a value on it, introduced (by consent) larger possessions, and a right to them; which, how it has done, I shall by and by shew more at large. (Second Treatise of Government) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | We dare not tempt them with weakness. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey |
Emma | Austen, Jane | I dare say Miss Nash would envy you such an opportunity as this of being married |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | What (r)they wanted in the room of death, and why they were so restless and disturbed, Scrooge did not dare to think |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The wager was accepted, but no one of those who took it believed she would dare do it. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | To this hour they dare not presume to touch my bread, or drink out of the same cup, neither was I ever able to let one of them take me by the hand |
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Business | System administrators in financial institutions and the government would not dare use pirated software for fear that it might break down and for the necessity that the best software run on their system. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Macedonia | Roma also reside in collective centers at Dare Bombol, Llubanci, Saraj, and Struga. (references) |
Minorities | Romania | Due to its substantial influence, few politicians dare to sponsor bills and measures that would oppose the Orthodox Church. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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Rush Limbaugh | I dare anyone to find a single person in America who believes this. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | In this conflict of emotions all I dare aver is that it has been my faithful study to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | During this course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been leveled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. |
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| "Dare" is generally used as a modal auxiliary verb -- approximately 33.79% of the time. "Dare" is used about 2,135 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Modal Auxiliary Verb | 33.79% | 721 | 9,334 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 33.13% | 707 | 9,466 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 31.63% | 675 | 9,782 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.26% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.14% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adverb (general) | 0.05% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,135 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "dare" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dare | Last name | 1,000 | 12,655 |
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Expressions using "dare": Dare County ♦ dare devil ♦ dare devilry ♦ dare deviltry ♦ dare pondus fumo ♦ dare smb. to do smth. ♦ dare to ♦ dare to speak ♦ don't you dare ♦ don't you dare to ♦ how dare you say that? ♦ how dare you speak like this? ♦ how dare you! ♦ how dare you? ♦ i dare say ♦ i dare say he'll be there ♦ i dare say! ♦ i dare you to do it ♦ i dare you! ♦ i double dare you! ♦ not dare to say one's soul is his own ♦ not dare to say one's soul is one's own ♦ res est ingeniosa dare ♦ take a dare ♦ To dare larks. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dare": Dare-devil, dare-devils, Dare-deviltries, Dare-deviltry, dare-not. | |
Ending with "dare": bare-as-you-dare. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dare | 804 | dare to bare | 43 |
bikini dare | 743 | online truth or dare | 43 |
truth dare | 591 | dare johnny murphy | 38 |
dare devil | 367 | dare county nc | 36 |
truth or dare question | 221 | dare america | 34 |
barbara dare | 214 | dare devil movie | 32 |
dare to dream | 171 | dare hen night | 31 |
bikini dare.com | 160 | dare story truth | 29 |
naked dare | 121 | dare murphy | 27 |
double dare | 92 | kiki dare | 27 |
where eagle dare | 77 | dare county school | 27 |
dare county | 73 | truth or dare | 27 |
adult truth dare | 68 | dare good | 26 |
nude dare | 61 | dare county north carolina | 24 |
dare devil soundtrack | 56 | yinka dare | 24 |
virginia dare | 53 | do i dare | 24 |
dare johnny | 52 | adult truth dare question | 23 |
dare program | 48 | barbra dare | 23 |
truth or dare game | 48 | exhibitionist dare | 22 |
dare idea truth | 45 | dare dare truth | 22 |
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| Language | Translations for "dare"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | waag (be bold). (various references) | |
Albanian | vendos (arrange, be determined, Canton, choose, compose, conclude, decide, determine, dispose, elect, elicit, emplace, establish, fix, house, induct, instal, install, instate, judge, lay, locate, make up one's mind, place, propose, put, quarter, recline, resolve, rule, seat, set, settle, situate, station, Stow, take the plunge, will), shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), sfidë (challenge, defiance), rrezikohem (take a chance, touch and go), nxitje (abetment, challenge, cheer, countenance, dig, drive, egging, encouragement, exhortation, fomentation, impetus, impulsion, incentive, incitement, inducement, instancy, instigation, kick, oestrum, oestrus, pressure, prod, prompt, prompting, stimulation, stimulus, urge), nxit (abet, actuate, arouse, begrime, bring, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incendiarism, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, arouse, begrime, bring, challenge, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), ngacmoj (annoy, badger, banter, bedevil, bother, chaff, chip, excite, guy, harass, Harrow, Harry, irritate, jolly, molest, monkey, nag, nettle, provoke, rag, rally, ruffle, tamper, tease), marr guxim, i hedh sfidë (defy), guxoj (have courage, have the nerve, hazard, venture), guxim (audacity, boldness, courage, daring, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, forwardness, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, pluck, spirit, spunk, stoutness, valor, valorous, valour). (various references) | |
Arabic | حاول أمرا بجسارة, تحدى (affront, be provoked, be taunted, beard, brave, challenge, confront, defy, fly in the face of, outface, pick a quarrel, quarrel, take on), تحد (challenge, defiance, defy, gauntlet, provocation, stump), جسارة (boldness, daring, fearlessness, intrepidity, temerity), جسر (bridge, embankment, pier, viaduct), جرؤ. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | смея (daresay, venture), решавам се на (decide), рискувам (adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, jeopardize, pawn, risk, stake, take a chance, take a risk, tempt, venture), осмелявам се (adventure, hazard, presume, venture), противопоставям се на (stand up), предизвиквам (arouse, bring, bring on, defy, elicit, engender, fly in the face of, give birth, give rise to, give to rise, induce, instigate, invite, outbrave, pick, provoke, raise, rouse, set up, shape up, sow, stump, throw out a challenge, touch off, urge, work up), предизвикателство (challenge, defiance, provocation), посмявам (venture), покана (bid, bidding, call, engagement, invitation, invitation card, invite). (various references) | |
Chinese | 胆敢, 敢 . (various references) | |
Czech | troufat si (make bold, presume, venture), odvážit se (hazard). (various references) | |
Danish | vove (be bold). (various references) | |
Dutch | zich vermetelen, wagen (be bold, car, carriage, cart, chariot, hazard, risk, typewriter carriage, vehicle, venture). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kuraĝi entrepreni (venture), kuraĝi (be bold), aŭdaci. (various references) | |
Faeroese | vága (hazard, risk, venture), hætta. (various references) | |
Farsi | یارایی , یارابودن , مبادرت بکاردلیرانه کردن , جرات کردن , شهامت 1, بمبارزه طلبیدن (Challenge, Defy). (various references) | |
Finnish | uskaltaa (hazard, risk, venture), tohtia, rohjeta (take the liberty, venture), hirvitä (venture). (various references) | |
French | oser, aventurer. (various references) | |
Frisian | doare (be bold), oandoare (dare to fight, stand up to, venture). (various references) | |
German | wagen (baby carriage, bus, car, caravan, carriage, cars, cart, coach, dared, durst, hazard, machine, pram, railway carriage, risk, to risk, to take a chance, trolley, trollies, trolly, Van, vehicle, vehicular, venture, waggon, wagon, wain). (various references) | |
Greek | πρόκληση (challenge, defiance, provocation), προκαλώ (beget, bring about, bring on, call forth, call out, cause, challenge, defy, engender, evoke, fetch, give rise to, induce, provoke), αντιμετωπίζω (breast, come up against, confront, cope, cope with, encounter, envisage, face, face up to, front, tackle, weather), αψηφώ (beard, brave, defy, disregard, flout, fly in the face of, ignore, mock, outface, slight, snub), τολμώ (presume, venture). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל"עיז (adventure), ל"עז (be bold, venture), ל""ין (chance, hazard, venture), ל"ר"יב עוז, את'ר (challenge). (various references) | |
Hungarian | merészel (durst, to dare, to offer, to venture). (various references) | |
Icelandic | þora (be bold). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tega (to have the heart (nerve) to, venture), menentang (antagonize, averse), memberanikan diri (brave, embolden), berani (audacious, brave, dauntless, game, manful, plucky, stout, stout-hearted, valiant). (various references) | |
Italian | osare (attempt, be bold, risk). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 敢えて (challenge). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あえて (challenge). (various references) | |
Korean | 도 (Challenge, Challenging, Defiance, Defy). (various references) | |
Manx | lhoys, doolaney (challenge, challenging, dicing), doolane (challenge, defiance, gauntlet), cur y lane fo (challenge, defy). (various references) | |
Norwegian | våge (hazard), tore (be bold). (various references) | |
Papiamen | dùrf (be bold), tribi (be bold). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | areday.(various references) | |
Polish | ośmielić się (be bold). (various references) | |
Portuguese | ousar (adventure, be bold, presume, venture), desafio (bravado, challenge, defiance, gage, tournament). (various references) | |
Romanian | desfide (defy, mock), semeţi (boast, put on airs, show off), se aventura (adventure, hazard, risk, venture), se încumeta (venture), risca (adventure, chance, gamble, go off the deep end, hazard, pawn, risk, stake, take one's chance, venture, wager), provoca (abet, agitate, bring, bring on, bring to pass, call forth, cause, challenge, create, defy, elicit, encourage, excite, fling down the gauntlet, give, give rise to, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invite, provoke, raise, rouse, spur on, start, stimulate, stir, stir up, throw down the gauntlet, urge, work up), pofti (ask, beg, bid, come, condescend, invite, list, wish), cuteza (venture), avea curaj, înfrunta (beard, brave, breast, confront, defy, face, front, head, meet, outbrave, outdare, scoff, weather), îndrãzni (venture), încumeta. (various references) | |
Russian | сметь, вызов (call, call-in, challenge, curtain call, daresay, defiance, evocation, invocation, process, ringing), осмеливаться (dares, presume, ventured), отваживаться (risk), посметь (venture), подзадоривание, дерзать. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | usuditi se (venture), smeti (be permitted, may), osmeliti (encourage, pluck), izazov (challenge, gage, provocation), izazivati (evoke, hector, outbrave, outdare, provoke), čikanje. (various references) | |
Spanish | atreverse (be bold, have the face to, hazard, take upon, venture), reto (challenge, daring). (various references) | |
Sranan | prefuru (be bold). (various references) | |
Swedish | våga (be bold, Crimp, hazard, risk, venture), töras (be bold). (various references) | |
Turkish | riske girmek (chance, hazard, run a risk, take a risk, take the chance, take the risk, venture on, venture upon), meydan okumak (beard, brave, challenge, defy, fling down the gauntlet, fling down the glove, have a chip an one's shoulder, outface, stump, tempt, throw down the gage to smb., throw down the glove), kalkışmak (assay, attempt, embark, engage in, essay, have a stab at, set off), kafa tutmak (be obstinate, challenge, oppose, stick up to, stump), cesaret etmek (adventure oneself, make bold to, take the liberty to do, venture), cüret etmek (have the face to, have the nerve to, make bold to, take liberties with, take the liberty to do, venture). (various references) | |
Turkmen | milt etmek, milt. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сміти, ризикувати (accept risks, adventure, boggle, endanger, gamble, hazard, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, risk, run the risk, run the venture, take the risk, venture, wager), виклик (call, call up, calling, challenge, citation, defiance, defy, provocation, ringing, summons), нехтувати небезпеку, наважуватися (adventure, presume, venture), підбурювання (abetment, encouragement, fomentation, incendiarism, incitement, instigation, promotion, solicitation), підбивання. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự dám l m sự thách thức (durst). (various references) | |
Welsh | rhyfygu (presume), osio (essay, offer to do), meiddio, herio (brave, challenge, defy), herfeiddio (brave, defy), beiddio (presume). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | audeam, audeant, audeas, audeat, audebant, audebat, audebit, audebunt, audemus, audentes, audeo, audere, auderet, audet, ausi, ausus, praesumo. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | durran. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 5, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | MoliV gar uper dikaiou tiV apoqaneitai uper gar tou agaqou taca tiV kai tolma apoqanein |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Vix enim pro iusto quis moritur nam pro bono forsitan quis et audeat mori |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Swiðe seldon wile man for þæm rihtwisan feallan, þeah for godan eaðe durre man sweltan. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For vnnethis dieth ony man for the iust man; and yit for a good man perauenture summan dar die. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Yet scace will eny man dye for a rightewes man. Paraventure for a good ma durst a man dye. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet perhaps for a good man some would even dare to die. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Romans Chapter 5, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Talagsa ra nga adunay magpakamatay alang sa uban, bisan pa alang sa usa ka tawong matarung-- hinoon aduna gayud kahay mangako sa pagpakamatay alang sa usa ka maayong tawo. |
| Chinese | 為 義 人 死 、 是 少 有 的 、 為 仁 人 死 、 或 者 有 敢 作 的 。 |
| Croatian | Zbilja, jedva bi tko za pravedna umro; možda bi se za dobra tko i odvažio umrijeti. |
| Danish | Næppe vil nemlig nogen dø for en retfærdig - for den gode var der jo måske nogen, som tog sig på at dø -, |
| Dutch | Want nauwelijks zal iemand voor een rechtvaardige sterven; want voor den goede zal mogelijk iemand ook bestaan te sterven. |
| Finnish | Tuskinpa kukaan käy kuolemaan jonkun vanhurskaan edestä; hyvän edestä joku mahdollisesti uskaltaa kuolla. |
| French | A peine mourrait-on pour un juste; quelqu`un peut-être mourrait-il pour un homme de bien. |
| German | Nun stirbt kaum jemand um eines Gerechten willen; um des Guten willen dürfte vielleicht jemand sterben. |
| Haitian Creole | Se pa fasil pou ou jwenn yon moun asepte mouri pou yon nonm ki gen rezon. Ou ta ka jwenn yonn konsa ki ta gen kouraj mouri pou yon nonm debyen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Untuk seseorang yang adil pun sukar orang mau mati. Barangkali untuk seseorang yang baik, ada juga orang yang berani mati. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena jarang sangat seorang mau mati karena orang yang benar. Barangkali karena orang yang baik ada juga orang yang berani mati. |
| Maori | E mate whakauaua hoki tetahi mo te tangata tika: tera pea ia tetahi e maia rawa kia mate mo te tangata pai. |
| Norwegian | For neppe vil nogen gå i døden for en rettferdig - for en som er god, kunde kanskje nogen ta sig på å dø - |
| Portuguese | Porque dificilmente haverá quem morra por um justo; pois poderá ser que pelo homem bondoso alguém ouse morrer. |
| Rumanian | Pentru un om neprihqnit cu greu ar muri cineva; dar pentru binefqcqtorul lui, poate cq s`ar gqsi cineva sq moarq. |
| Shuar | Shuar Chíkich shuaran uwemtikratniun ¿jaruktatuak? Pénker shuar ain jarukchattawai. Kame ti penkeraitkiuinkia jarukchaintiash. |
| Spanish | Difícilmente muere alguno por un justo. Con todo, podría ser que alguno osara morir por el bueno. |
| Swahili | Si rahisi mtu kufa kwa ajili ya mtu mwadilifu; labda mtu anaweza kuthubutu kufa kwa ajili ya mtu mwema. |
| Swedish | Näppeligen vill ju eljest någon dö ens för en rättfärdig man -- om nu ock till äventyrs någon kan hava mod att dö för den som har gjort honom gott -- |
| Uma | Hi gau' manusia', molaka tarua' tauna to dota mate mposampei doo-na to uma masala'. Ane doo-na toe tauna to lompe' lia nono-na, meka' ria moto nte hadua to daho' mate mposampei-i. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dare": dared, daredevil, daredevilries, daredevilry, daredevils, daredeviltries, daredeviltry, dareful, darer, darers, dares, daresay. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dare": outdare, overdare. (additional references) | |
Words containing "dare": calendared, gadarene, outdared, outdares, overdared, overdares. (additional references) | |
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"Dare" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adare, adre, Adrea, Adrep, daar, Daarik, dabe, dacra, dae, daer, D'afra, Dage, dagr, dagre, dagree, Dagri, Dahruj, dair, daje, Danra, Daprou, dar, dara, darag, Darah, darb, darc, Dard, darea, darem, darey, Darez, Darf, D'arfet, darg, darh, darib, Darie, dariel, darke, Darkey, Darl, darm, darne, Darney, darp, darq, Darra, Darrah, darri, dars, darse, daruk, darul, darv, darve, darw, dary, D'arzew, dave, daxe, daye, dayre, dayrie, deari, dera, derce, derde, Dereh, Deren, deri, derne, dero, dgar, dhair, Dhar, dhara, Dhari, Dharjee, dirbe, diree, direx, dirf, dirje, dirke, dirw, dorea, doree, doreo, dpar, dra, draa, drade, drae, draee, draew, drafe, drai, drale, drare, dre, drea, drex, duree, Durey, duri, duro, dyre, Idhari. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dare" (pronounced de"r) |
| 3 | d e" r | midair. |
| 2 | -e" r | affair, air, aware, bare, bear, beware, billionaire, blare, care, chair, compare, concessionaire, debonair, declare, despair, disrepair, doctrinaire, ensnare, err, Eyre, fair, fare, fer, flair, flare, forswear, glare, hair, hare, heir, impair, lair, Lehr, Mair, mare, millionaire, multimillionaire, pair, pare, pear, prayer, prepare, questionnaire, rare, repair, scare, share, snare, solitaire, spare, Square, stair, stare, swear, tear, their, there, unaware, unfair, ware, wear, where. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dear, read. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-r" | |
-1 letter: are, ear, era, rad, red. | |
-2 letters: ad, ae, ar, de, ed, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-r" | |
+1 letter: acred, adder, adore, aider, aired, alder, arced, ardeb, armed, barde, bared, beard, bread, cadre, cared, cedar, dared, darer, dares, dater, deair, dears, deary, debar, denar, derat, deray, derma, dewar, drake, drape, drave, dread, dream, drear, eared, fader, fared, grade, hared, heard, irade, lader, madre, oared, oread, padre, pared, raced, raged, raked, raped, rared, rased, rated, raved, raxed, rayed, razed, readd, reads, ready, redan, redia, tared, trade, tread, wader, wared. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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