dare
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 →
2) To dare someone means to challenge them to do something risky to show they are brave. tree →
3) A dare is a challenge like that. tree →
4) «How dare you!» shows you are angry at someone's rude act. tree →
5) «Don't you dare» is a strong warning not to do something. tree →
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 →
- He didn't dare to look down from the top of the climbing frame. tree →
- Saying no to a dangerous dare is brave. tree →
- We played truth or dare at the sleepover. tree →
- How dare you read my diary! tree →
- Don't you dare eat my cake! tree →
- She dared to ask the question nobody else would. tree →
- It was just a silly dare. tree →
- There none would dare harm them. tree →
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.
- I dare you to do it ...
- Your safety matters more than looking brave, so say no to dangerous dares.
- Dares are a kind of pressure trick: they make you feel you must prove something.
- Example: friends in Brisbane dare a boy to run across the road before a truck comes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dare» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.