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Adjective daring has 2 senses

audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous - disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit"
Antonym: unadventurous (indirect, via adventurous)
avant-garde, daring - radically new or original; "an avant-garde theater piece"
Antonym: unoriginal (indirect, via original)

Noun daring has 2 senses

dare, daring - a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare"
--₁ is a kind of challenge

Derived form: verb dare₃
boldness, daring, hardihood - the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness"
--₂ is a kind of fearlessness
--₂ has particulars:
adventurousness, venturesomeness; daredevilry, daredeviltry; audacity, audaciousness, temerity; shamelessness, brazenness

Derived form: verb dare₂

Verb dare has 3 senses

make bold, dare, presume - take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission; "How dare you call my lawyer?"
--₁ is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s INFINITIVE
dare - to be courageous enough to try or do something; "I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others"
--₂ is one way to act, move

Derived forms: noun dare₁, noun daring₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s INFINITIVE
defy, dare - challenge; "I dare you!"
--₃ is one way to challenge

Derived forms: noun dare₁, noun daring₁
Sample sentence:
They dare him to write the letter