challenge
IPA: tʃˈæɫʌndʒ
noun
- A confrontation; a dare.
- An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- A bid to overcome something.
- (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
- A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
- An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- (law) A procedure or action.
- The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- (law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
- The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- (US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
- (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
verb
- (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
- (transitive) To dare (someone).
- (transitive) To dispute (something).
- To call something into question or dispute.
- (law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
- (transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
- (obsolete, transitive) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
- (obsolete, transitive) To censure; to blame.
- (military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
- (US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
- (Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
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Examples of "challenge" in Sentences
- That's the gist of the challenge.
- The challenge is to have the patience.
- That's a gross understatement of the challenges.
- The more difficult the challenge is, the bigger the rewards.
- It aims to meet challenges and problems in the confection industry.
- The most difficult challenge remains the numerical treatment of turbulence.