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Meaning of 'daring' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Daring [ a.]
- Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits.
2 . Daring [ n.]
- Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.
3 . Daring [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Dare
- of Dare

Meaning of 'daring' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . daring [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
Example in sentence:
  • he could never refuse a dare
Meaning (2):
- the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
Example in sentence:
  • the plan required great hardiness of heart;
  • the proposal required great boldness
3 . daring [ s]
Meaning (3):
- disposed to venture or take risks
Example in sentence:
  • a venturesome investor;
  • a venturous spirit;
  • an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas;
  • audacious visions of the total conquest of space;
  • the most daring of contemporary fiction writers
Meaning (4):
- radically new or original
Example in sentence:
  • an avant-garde theater piece

Nearby Words:

darbies darby darbyite dardanian dare dare-devil dare-deviltries dare-deviltry dared dareful

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