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  1. adjective Willing to take or seek out risks; bold and venturesome. See Synonyms at adventurous.
  2. noun Audacious bravery; boldness.

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  • Fiddler Carrie Rodriguez will be promoting her newest album titled, "She Ain't Me," which is described as a daring alternative to the tried-and-true ways of making music. —  News Review - Top Stories
  • You may need the skill, but I need the gall The daring of the leopard when it leaps from the bush where it crouches, the daring which is half cunning, eh, my friend?" —  Jewel Weed
  • The fourth, Mr. Cornish, resides in Paris, where he is well known as a daring and successful financial operator. —  Aladdin ; Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic
  • There is nothing he is unable to accomplish He is very daring," I remarked No, it is not daring--it is deep cunning. —  The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia
  • He is one of those great personalities of our history who have left us an example of the moral daring which is the greatest property of the human soul, and the spring of its noblest achievements. —  Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Verbal noun of dare, v.
  2. Ppr. of dare1, v.
 

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/ˈdɛrɪŋ/
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