how to pronounce dare

/dɛəɹ/

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dare is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of dare in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… most of us wouldn't dare to cross the …”

meaning of dare

Dare means to ask someone to do something that is dangerous or difficult.

dare frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word dare occurs in english on average 21.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dare can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dare can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) people, society, and culture;