Tra từ dare - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dare [dare dares dared daring] verb, noun BrE [deə(r)] NAmE [der]
verb
1. (not usually used in the progressive tenses)to be brave enough to do sth
• She said it as loudly as she dared.
•~ (to) do sth He didn't dare (to) say what he thought.
• They daren't ask for any more money.
• (literary)She dared not breathe a word of it to anybody.
•Dare to be different!
•There was something, dare I say it, a little unusual about him.
2. transitive to persuade sb to do sth dangerous, difficult or embarrassing so that they can show that they are not afraid
•~ sb Go on! Take it! I dare you.
•~ sb to do sth Some of the older boys had dared him to do it.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English durran, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic gadaursan, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tharsein and Sanskrit dhṛṣ- ‘be bold’.

Thesaurus:
dare verb
1. I (not usually used in the progressive tenses)
•He didn't dare (to) say what he thought.
risk • • hazard • • go so/as far as to… • |usually approving pluck up (the/your) courage • • presume • |informal chance • • stick your neck out • |formal venture •
dare/go so far as/pluck up (the/your) courage/presume/venture to do sth
risk/chance (doing) sth
2. T
•The older boys dared him to steal the sweets.
challenge • • throw down the gauntlet •
dare/challenge sb to do sth

Grammar Point:
dare
Dare (sense 1) usually forms negatives and questions like an ordinary verb and is followed by an infinitive with to. It is most common in the negative: ▪ I didn’t dare to ask. ◇ ▪ He won’t dare to break his promise. ◇ ▪ You told him? How did you dare? ◇ ▪ I hardly dared to hope she’d remember me. In positive sentences a phrase like not be afraid is often used instead: ▪ She wasn’t afraid (= she dared) ▪ to tell him the truth.
It can also be used like a modal verb especially in present tense negative forms in BrE, and is followed by an infinitive without to: ▪ I daren’t tell her the truth.
In spoken English, the forms of the ordinary verb are often used with an infinitive without to: ▪ Don’t you dare tell her what I said! ◇ ▪ I didn’t dare look at him.

Grammar Point:
modal verbs
The modal verbs are can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will and would. Dare, need, have to and used to also share some of the features of modal verbs.
Modal verbs have only one form. They have no -ing or -ed forms and do not add -s to the 3rd person singular form: ▪ He can speak three languages. ◇ ▪ She will try and visit tomorrow.
Modal verbs are followed by the infinitive of another verb without to. The exceptions are ought to and used to: ▪ You must find a job. ◇ ▪ You ought to stop smoking. ◇ ▪ I used to smoke but I gave up two years ago.
Questions are formed without do/does in the present, or did in the past: ▪ Can I invite Mary? ◇ ▪ Should I have invited Mary?
Negative sentences are formed with not or the short form -n’t and do not use do/does or did.
You will find more help with how to use modal verbs at the dictionary entries for each verb.

Example Bank:
•I hardly dared breathe.
•I wouldn't dare go by myself.
•‘I'll tell her about it.’ ‘ Don't you dare! ’
•He didn't dare (to) say what he thought.
•How dare you talk to me like that!
•There was something, dare I say it, a little unusual about him.
Idioms: ↑I dare say ▪ ↑don't you dare! ▪ ↑how dare you

noun usually singular
something dangerous, difficult or embarrassing that you try to persuade sb to do, to see if they will do it: (BrE) He climbed onto the roof for a dare.
• (NAmE) She learned to fly on a dare.

Word Origin:
Old English durran, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic gadaursan, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tharsein and Sanskrit dhṛṣ- ‘be bold’.

Example Bank:
•She learned to fly on a dare.

See also: ↑I daresay