DARING


Meaning of DARING in English

I. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a bold/daring move (= taking a lot of courage )

The writers made a bold move by kiling off the main character.

a daring rescue

The lifeboat crew has been honoured for a daring rescue on the Cleveland coast.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

more

That might be some guarantee of bigger, better, more varied and more daring programming.

Julie was a rich kid who loved to associate with the tougher, more daring local boys.

We've tried to be a bit more daring .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a daring new production of "Hamlet"

a daring pilot

He would often do very foolish things just to prove how daring he was.

It is a particularly daring stunt, involving being tied up and suspended in mid-air.

Miller is exceptionally good in this daring film.

Three inmates fled the prison in a daring tunnel escape.

Today she's wearing a daring two-piece suit in bold purple and orange.

When she was young, everybody thought my grandmother was terribly daring because she smoked.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A daring proposal was made to reconcile the continuity of the Schrödinger equation with the discontinuity of empirical experience.

Alfred Wegener was a keen thinker and a daring pioneer.

Another such stunt, I still remember rather too graphically, involved a daring knife-throwing act at a local night club.

In the second half, Joey Beauchamp came flying in like the daring young man on the trapeze.

Its daring use of music, mime, dance and humour challenges the audience to look beyond the stereotypes.

She wore smocked Liberty dresses and sandals and smoked in the street, considered very daring .

The thrill of discovering that he could break into secret files spurred Paul on to more daring data raids.

Then, as a daring but romantic gown of navy blue silk crepe made its appearance, the moment came.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The young composer has shown considerable daring in his music.

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What happened next was a classic example of foolhardy daring which very nearly came badly unstuck.

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