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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

साहस करना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sahas karna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dare/dɛər/
verbmodal verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"मैं तुम्हें झील में कूदने की चुनौती देता हूँ!"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To have the courage to do something.

    "I dare you to jump into the lake!"
As noun
  1. 1

    A challenge to do something difficult or dangerous.

    "He accepted the dare to climb the tallest tree."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'dieran' and 'durran', meaning to dare or to be courageous, originating from Proto-Germanic *dursjanan. Over centuries, it evolved both as a full lexical verb taking an infinitive and as a defective modal auxiliary primarily used in negative and interrogative constructions.

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