Dare - English meaning

idiom

A polite way of asking for or suggesting something when you do not want to offend someone

Usage examples:

If i may be so bold, you still haven't mentioned why you're here.

verb

Offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

A consortium of dealers bid a world record price for a snuff box

noun

An offer of a price, especially at an auction.

Usage examples:

At the fur tables, several buyers make bids for the pelts

verb

Utter (a greeting or farewell) to.

Usage examples:

James bade a tearful farewell to his parents

noun

A call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength.

Usage examples:

He accepted the challenge

verb

Exposure of the immune system to pathogenic organisms or antigens.

Usage examples:

Recently vaccinated calves should be protected from challenge

noun

Something needing great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully, or the situation of facing this kind of effort

Usage examples:

[ c ] it’s a challenge being in a marriage when both partners have high-pressure jobs., [ c ] no ma…

verb

Openly resist or refuse to obey.

Usage examples:

A woman who defies convention

verb

To refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc.

Usage examples:

It is rare to see children openly defying their teachers., a few workers have defied the majority d…

verb

To be extreme or very strange and therefore impossible to believe, describe, or explain

Usage examples:

The chaos at the airport defies description.

noun

A strong glove with a long, loose wrist.

Usage examples:

He wore a skin tight black muscle shirt, thick black jean pants, and gauntlets with open fingers.

noun

A long thick glove (= covering for the hand), worn for protection

noun

A long, thick glove (= hand covering), worn for protection

phrase

To be willing to do something that is extreme

Usage examples:

It's good, but i wouldn't go so far as to say that it's great., he went so far as to call his rival…

verb

Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.

Usage examples:

He was trying to goad her into a fight

noun

A spiked stick used for driving cattle.

Usage examples:

The ripon report suggests widespread use of sticks and electric goads, and says that some animals h…

verb

To make a person or an animal react or do something by continuously annoying or upsetting them

Usage examples:

Goad someone into something she seemed determined to goad him into a fight., he refused to be goade…

phrase

To be brave and confident enough to do what you believe in

Usage examples:

Although many of his policies were unpopular, he had the courage of his convictions to see them thr…

noun

A written or verbal request inviting someone to go somewhere or to do something.

Usage examples:

A wedding invitation

noun

A written or spoken request to come somewhere or do something, or the act of inviting someone

Usage examples:

We received their wedding invitation today., he accepted the invitation to join the committee., lea…

noun

If someone receives an invitation, they are asked to go somewhere or do something

Usage examples:

An invitation to sth i received an invitation to dinner at a colleague's house., an invitation to d…

verb

Make a polite, formal, or friendly request to (someone) to go somewhere or to do something.

Usage examples:

We were invited to a dinner at the embassy

noun

An invitation.

Usage examples:

No one turns down an invite to one of mickey's parties

verb

To ask someone in a polite or friendly way to come somewhere, such as to a party, or to formally ask someone to do something

Usage examples:

Architects were invited to submit their designs for a new city hall., i think we should invite her …

idiom

A polite way of asking for or suggesting something when you do not want to offend someone

Usage examples:

If i may be so bold, you still haven't mentioned why you're here.

idiom

To force yourself to be brave enough to do something, although you are frightened or worried about it

Usage examples:

He finally plucked up courage to ask her to marry him., i'd love to do a parachute jump, but i can'…

verb

Suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability.

Usage examples:

I presumed that the man had been escorted from the building

verb

To believe something to be true because it is likely, although not certain

Usage examples:

[ + (that) clause ] i presume (that) they’re not coming, since they haven’t replied to the invitati…

noun

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately.

Usage examples:

You should remain calm and not respond to provocation

verb

Stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone.

Usage examples:

The decision provoked a storm of protest from civil rights organizations

verb

Provide the needed stimulus for

verb

To try to make a person or an animal angry or annoyed

Usage examples:

He was trying to provoke me into a fight., i’m trying to make people think, provoke their emotions.…

verb

Order (someone) to be present.

Usage examples:

A waiter was summoned

verb

Ask to come

verb

To order someone come to a particular place, or to officially tell someone to be present

Usage examples:

The president summoned an emergency meeting of his advisers., i have been summoned to appear in cou…

noun

An order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order.

Usage examples:

A summons for non-payment of a parking ticket

verb

Serve (someone) with a summons.

Usage examples:

He has been summonsed to appear in court next month

verb

Order (someone) to be present.

Usage examples:

A waiter was summoned

noun

A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone.

Usage examples:

Pupils will play truant rather than face the taunts of classmates about their ragged clothes

verb

Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.

Usage examples:

Pupils began taunting her about her weight

verb

Harass with persistent criticism or carping

noun

A final demand or statement of terms, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relations.

Usage examples:

Their employers issued an ultimatum demanding an immediate return to work

noun

A demand that a person or group do something to avoid something unpleasant

Usage examples:

The workers got an ultimatum – go back to work or face dismissal.

noun

A warning, usually the last and most threatening one in a series, in which someone is told that if they take a particular action, something unpleasant will happen to them

Usage examples:

Issue/deliver/give an ultimatum the chairman has issued an ultimatum: sort out the problems, or the…

noun

A risky or daring journey or undertaking.

Usage examples:

Pioneering ventures into little-known waters

verb

Undertake a risky or daring journey or course of action.

Usage examples:

She ventured out into the blizzard

noun

An activity or plan of action, often in business, that involves risk or uncertainty

Usage examples:

His most recent business venture ended in bankruptcy., [ i always + adv/prep ] he wanted to venture…