I dare say
Idioms-
I venture to assert or affirm, as in I dare say my point of view will be heard . [c. 1300]
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Also, I daresay . I presume or assume to be likely, as in I daresay you'll be invited . This usage is more common in Britain than in America. [Mid-1700s]
Example Sentences
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"I saw a post about Hitler being a narcissist. I dare say that was the least of his problems."
From Salon • May 9, 2024
And the way that I’ve been able to build my climate advocacy work into my climbing career, I dare say that it is something the world needs to hear.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
"I daren't plug it in, but I dare say it would work."
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023
“Schoenberg meant nothing to me,” he wrote after the serialist’s death in 1951, “but as he apparently meant a lot to a lot of other people I dare say it is all my fault.”
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022
“It is nothing in comparison of Rosings, my lady, I dare say; but I assure you it is much larger than Sir William Lucas’s.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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