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Meanings of daring in English

Portuguese
ousadia
Catalan
gosadia
Spanish
osadía

The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger.

ousadia
Portuguese
aventurar-sea
Catalan
desafiament
Spanish
reto

A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.

aventurar-sea

Disposed to venture or take risks.

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Radically new or original.

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Examples for "audacious"
Examples for "audacious"
1
If they tried something that audacious...'How long will it take?' she asked.
Quantico
2
It's an audacious, hit-and-hope approach that's been paying huge dividends here today.
The Guardian
3
This was an audacious act by Binyamin Netanyahu, its new prime minister.
The Irish Times
4
The political case for picking Lieberman as VP was straightforward, if audacious.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
5
The culmination of Hargraves audacious imitation took place in the third act.
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
1
It was a venturesome business; but there was no help for it.
The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnic...
2
This was no longer the adventure of venturesome children in a nursery-book.
The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
3
The mission of these venturesome young American husbands was full of danger.
Beverly of Graustark
4
Could it be that of the only venturesome woman in the parish-Bathsheba
Far from the Madding Crowd
5
To him was entrusted the most venturesome part of the night's work.
Adventures in Many Lands
1
They were the more comradely men, the more venturous, the more individual.
John Barleycorn
2
He escaladed the path, left it, returned to it, quick and venturous.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
3
The directress was very prudent, but she could also be intrepidly venturous.
Villette
4
Hast had a lucky turn, lad; but do na be over venturous again.
Rob Roy — Volume 01
5
His actions are bold and venturous, and more full of hazard than use.
Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
Usage of daring in English
1
The two reinforced each others' power, daring anyone to match their audacity.
Confessions of a wall street analyst: a true story of inside inf...
2
Thomas shifted to look at her, daring to hope she was right.
The Death Cure
3
The 21-year-old Georgian was located following a daring escape attempt early yesterday.
The Irish Times
4
CHIPGATE:Would you be daring enough to ask a Michelin-starred chef for chips?
The Irish Times
5
Spreading rumours is a human art form that requires patience and daring.'
Kennedy's brain
6
He was daring in speech, broad in views, and cosmopolitan in habit.
Heroes of Modern Europe
7
He's now daring our entire constitutional and political system to stop him.
The Guardian
8
All are filled with busts and statues; or painted in daring frescoes.
Hyperion
9
Taking photographs is a strange occupation, daring to want to stop time.
The Guardian
10
I've been working for the past few hours without daring to stop.
Creepers
11
Tories joined with Whigs in blaming the conduct of the daring priest.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
12
Her hand was still extended out behind her, daring anyone to follow.
Assail
13
Prudent caution is oftener the outcome of such debates than daring enterprises.
Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-Shima
14
There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.
On War
15
Without saying anything, Thomas pointed up, not daring to be relieved yet.
The Maze Runner
16
Philip mused a short time; he was once more the daring Vanderdecken.
The Phantom Ship
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Daring through the time
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