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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English durran.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to dare

Third person singular
dare or dares

Simple past
dared, or archaic durst

Past participle
dared

Present participle
daring

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?

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  • 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.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
dare

Plural
dares

dare (plural dares)

  1. A challenge to prove courage.

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

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dare

  1. (music) tambourine

[edit] Italian

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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.

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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 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
, dai, da' dia diamo date dino


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Imperatives compounded with pronouns

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dare m. (plural dari)

  1. debit

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dare (hiragana だれ)

  1. who, whom, whose

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dare

  1. present active infinitive of .