What is the meaning of daring?

noun

  • A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
    • usage: "he could never refuse a dare"
  • The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger.
    • usage: "the proposal required great boldness"; "the plan required great hardiness of heart"

verb

  • Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission.
    • usage: "How dare you call my lawyer"
  • To be courageous enough to try or do something.
    • usage: "I don't dare call him, "she dares to dress differently from the others"
  • Challenge.
    • usage: "I dare you"

adjective

  • Disposed to venture or take risks.
    • usage: "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit"
  • Radically new or original.
    • usage: "an avant-garde theater piece"
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