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"DARES" is a plural of: dare. |
Date "DARES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DARES | English | Data Analysis and Reduction System | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: DARES |
| English words defined with "DARES": dare, Darer, Defier ♦ To put to, To show the teeth. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DARES": Bells ♦ Salutations. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If any of you sweeties dares bid on my Slater I'll hunt you down in the street like a rabid dog. (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn) He never dares cut the rope and be free. (Alexis Zorbas; writing credit: Michael Cacoyannis; Nikos Kazantzakis) Who dares to summon the Master of Masters, the Deliverer of Darkness, the Shogun of Sorrow, Aku? (Samurai Jack; writing credit: Paul Waite) You oughta wait here and set this sucker straight, boy. You are the true champion of all existence, and shudder the petulant worm who dares darken your brain with ridicule! (Kevin Spencer; writing credit: Rick Kaulbars; Greg Lawrence) Anyone who dares to oppose it meets certain doom. (Chrono Trigger; writing credit: Yuji Horii; Masato Kato) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Young Girl Dares Not Homeward (1970) Dorothy Dares (1917) Who Dares Wins (1996) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Who dares talk 1920 politics? This is 1918!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Haddon Spurgeon | Trust in the person's promise, who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform. |
Euripides | Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. |
John Cotton Dana | Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. |
Smollett | Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall. |
Virgil | Fortune sides with him who dares. |
William Drummond | He who dares not (reason), is a slave. |
William Shakespeare | I dare do all that may become a man, who dares do more is none. |
| That's a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Why? Because it dares. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "DARES" is generally used as a lexical verb (-s form) -- approximately 96.88% of the time. "DARES" is used about 96 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 96.88% | 93 | 34,067 |
| Noun (plural) | 3.13% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 96 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "DARES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | minne kukaan ei uskaltaudu (where nobody dares to venture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | wagt (risks), getraut sich. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 諫臣 (retainer who dares to dissuade his lord). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"し" (admiration, alarming, careful investigation, concern, deplorable, favour, interest, reporting after careful investigation, retainer who dares to dissuade his lord, satisfaction, Well done!). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aresday осмеливаться (dare, presume, ventured). (various references) vågar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 32, Verse 22 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai pantaV basileiV turou kai basileiV sidwnoV kai basileiV touV en tw peran thV qalasshV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et dedisti eis terram hanc quam iurasti patribus eorum ut dares eis terram fluentem lacte et melle |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That thou swore to ther faders, that thou shuldist yyue to them, the lond flowende mylc and hony. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And have given them this land, which you gave your word to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 32, Verse 22 |
| Cebuano | Ug ikaw naghatag kanila niining yutaa nga imong gipanumpa sa ilang mga amahan sa paghatag kanila, yuta nga nagapaagay sa gatas ug dugos; |
| Croatian | Zatim im dade svu ovu zemlju koju si zakletvom obeæao ocima njihovim, zemlju u kojoj teèe med i mlijeko. |
| Danish | og gav dem dette Land, som du havde svoret deres Fædre at ville give dem, et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning; |
| Dutch | En hebt hun dit land gegeven, dat Gij hun vaderen gezworen hadt hun te zullen geven, een land vloeiende van melk en honig; |
| Finnish | ja annoit heille tämän maan, jonka sinä heidän isillensä vannotulla valalla olit luvannut antaa heille, maan, joka vuotaa maitoa ja mettä. |
| German | und hast ihnen dies Land gegeben, welches du ihren Vätern geschworen hattest, daß du es ihnen geben wolltest, ein Land, darin Milch und Honig fließt: |
| Haitian Creole | Ou te ba yo peyi ou te pwomèt ou t'ap bay zansèt yo a, peyi kote lèt ak siwo myèl koule tankou dlo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Negeri yang baik dan subur ini Kauberikan kepada mereka seperti yang telah Kaujanjikan kepada leluhur mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan engkau sudah mengaruniakan kepadanya tanah ini, yang sudah Kaujanji kepada nenek moyangnya dengan pakai sumpah, hendak mengaruniakan dia kepada mereka itu, suatu tanah yang berkelimpahan air susu dan madu. |
| Italian | Hai dato loro questo paese, che avevi giurato ai loro padri di dare loro, terra in cui scorre latte e miele. |
| Maori | A homai ana e koe ki a ratou tenei whenua i oati ai koe ki o ratou matua ka homai ki a ratou, he whenua e rerengia ana e te waiu, e te honi; |
| Norwegian | og gav dem dette land som du hadde svoret deres fedre at du vilde gi dem, et land som flyter med melk og honning. |
| Portuguese | e lhes deste esta terra, que juraste a seus pais que lhes havias de dar, terra que mana leite e mel. |
| Rumanian | Tu le-ai dat yara aceasta, pe care jurasei pqrinyilor lor cq le -o vei da, yarq kn care curge lapte wi miere. |
| Russian | Й "БМ ЙН ЪЕНМА УЙА, ЛПФПТХА "БФШ ЙН ЛМСФЧЕООП П'ЕЭБМ ПФ"БН ЙИ, ЪЕНМА, ФЕЛХЭХА НПМПЛПН Й НЕ"ПН. |
| Spanish | Y les diste esta tierra, de la cual juraste a sus padres que se la darías: una tierra que fluye leche y miel. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DARES": daresay. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "DARES": outdares, overdares. (additional references) | |
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"DARES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adars, adres, adress, Dabrs, daer, Dahruj, d'apres, Darah, darbs, darea, darem, darese, darest, darey, Darez, D'arfet, darib, darics, Daries, Dariuss, Darkes, darnes, Darracq, D'arras, Darrius, Darroch, dars, darse, darsy, Dartec, darve, Daryush, D'arzew, Davros, davross, dawes, dayes, dayre, ddress, deers, Dereh, dereso, deress, deris, ders, Dharjee, dires, diress, direx, doares, Dobres, Dores, doress, dorus, draee, draew, drees, drez, drs, duras, dures, duros, durse, durus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DARES" (pronounced de"rz) |
| 3 | -e" r z | affairs, airs, bares, bears, billionaires, blares, cares, chairs, compares, declares, despairs, downstairs, errs, fairs, fares, flares, glares, hairs, hares, heirs, impairs, Mairs, mares, millionaires, multimillionaires, pairs, Pares, pears, prayers, prepares, questionnaires, repairs, scares, shares, snares, spares, squares, stairs, stares, swears, tears, theirs, unawares, upstairs, wares, wears. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dears, rased, reads. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-r-s" | |
-1 letter: ares, arse, dare, dear, ears, eras, rads, rase, read, reds, sade, sard, sear, sera. | |
-2 letters: ads, are, ars, ear, eds, era, ers, rad, ras, red, res, sad, sae, sea, ser. | |
-3 letters: ad, ae, ar, as, de, ed, er, es, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-r-s" | |
+1 letter: adders, adores, aiders, alders, ardebs, bardes, beards, breads, cadres, cedars, darers, dasher, daters, deairs, debars, denars, derats, derays, dermas, dewars, drakes, drapes, dreads, dreams, drears, erased, faders, grades, irades, laders, madres, oreads, padres, parsed, raised, rasped, readds, redans, redias, resaid, reseda, sabred, sacred, sadder, sander, sarode, scared, seared, serdab, shader, shared, snared, soared, spader, spared, spread, stared, trades, treads, waders. | |
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