dare

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Verb 3.3.1 Conjugation 3.3.1.1 Usage notes 3.3.2 Derived terms 3.4 Noun 4 Japanese 4.1 Pronoun 5 Latin 5.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English durran.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /deə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /de@(r)/

  Rhymes: -eə(r)

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[edit] Verb

to dare (third-person singular simple present dare or dares, present participle daring, simple past dared, or archaic durst, past participle dared)

1. (intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).

   I wouldn't dare argue with my boss.

2. (transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something)

   I dare you to kiss that girl.

3. (transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to

   Will you dare death to reach your goal?

[edit] Usage notes

• Dare is a semi-modal verb. The speaker can choose whether to use the auxiliary "to" when forming negative and interrogative sentences. For example, "I don't dare (to) go" and "I dare not go" are both correct. Similarly "Dare you go?" and "Do you dare (to) go?" are both correct.
• In negative and interrogative sentences where "do" is not used, the third-person singular form of the verb is usually "dare" and not "dares": "Dare he go? He dare not go."
• Colloquially, "dare not" can be contracted to "daren't".
• The expression dare say, used almost exclusively in the first-person singular and in the present tense, means "think probable". It is also spelt daresay.

[edit] Derived terms

• daren't
• daresay

[edit] See also

• daredevil

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[edit] Noun

dare (plural dares)

1. A challenge to prove courage.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ader
• dear
• rade
• read, Read

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dare

1. (music) tambourine

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

Latin

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• IPA: [ˈdare]

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dare

1. (transitive) To give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else.
2. (transitive) To yield, to bear, to give, to produce, to return.

[edit] Conjugation

infinitive	dare
auxiliary verb		avere	gerund		dando
present participle		dante	past participle		dato
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei	noi	voi	essi/esse
present	do	dai	dà	diamo	date	danno
imperfect	davo	davi	dava	davamo	davate	davano
past historic	diedi, detti	desti	diede, dette	demmo	deste	diedero, dettero
future	darò	darai	darà	daremo	darete	daranno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei	noi	voi	essi/esse
present	darei	daresti	darebbe	daremmo	dareste	darebbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei	che noi	che voi	che essi/che esse
present	dia	dia	dia	diamo	diate	dino
imperfect	dessi	dessi	desse	dessimo	deste	dessero
imperative	-	tu	lui/lei	noi	voi	essi/esse
		dà, dai, da'	dia	diamo	date	dino

[edit] Usage notes

Imperatives compounded with pronouns

• dacci
• dagli
• dagliela, dagliele, daglieli, daglielo
• dalle
• dammi

[edit] Derived terms

• dare alla luce
• data
• dato
• datore
• darsela
• darsele
• darsi
• ridare

[edit] Noun

dare m. (plural dari)

1. debit

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[edit] Pronoun

dare (hiragana だれ)

1. who, whom, whose

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

dare

1. present active infinitive of dō.