How to spell dare

Dare is spelled D-A-R-E.

hear itdare/dɜr/verbRules and real life

What it means: To challenge someone to do something.

In a sentence: I dare you to eat a sour lemon!

Same family: daring, dared, daredevil, daringly, overdare. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Dare” comes from Old English “durran,” meaning ‘to venture’ or ‘to have the courage to.’ It is related to an old family of verbs in Germanic languages that expressed boldness and risk.

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