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# dare

«dare» in Mova's school dictionary: **to be brave enough to do something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (dare, dares, dared, daring); noun (a dare, dares)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To dare means to be brave enough to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#m1)

2) To dare someone means to challenge them to do something risky to show they are brave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#m2)

3) A dare is a challenge like that. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#m3)

4) «How dare you!» shows you are angry at someone's rude act. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#m4)

5) «Don't you dare» is a strong warning not to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings and safety lessons, a dare from friends can push children to do dangerous things (climbing high walls, crossing roads, eating strange things); it is brave to say no to a dangerous dare. In games, «truth or dare» is a party game. In stories, heroes dare to go where others won't. Phrases: I dare you, truth or dare, how dare you, don't you dare, daredevil.

### examples

- I dare you to touch the slimy frog! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#x1)
- He didn't dare to look down from the top of the climbing frame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#x2)
- Saying no to a dangerous dare is brave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#x3)
- We played truth or dare at the sleepover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#x4)
- How dare you read my diary! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#x5)
- Don't you dare eat my cake! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#x6)
- She dared to ask the question nobody else would. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#x7)
- It was just a silly dare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#x8)
- There none would dare harm them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/#x9)

### note

Dare can be followed by «to» or not: «He didn't dare (to) jump». Daring = brave or risky. A dare is never a good reason to do something unsafe; real friends accept no.

### In the corpora

- [They «made so bold as to knock» (dared to knock) at Badger's back door.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/35/)
- [I dare you to do it ...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends/19/)
- [Your safety matters more than looking brave, so say no to dangerous dares.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/11/)
- [Dares are a kind of pressure trick: they make you feel you must prove something.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/5/)
- [Example: friends in Brisbane dare a boy to run across the road before a truck comes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dare» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dare/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.