challenge

[chal·lenge]

A challenge is something that puts you to the test like running your first marathon or reading War and Peace.

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An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.

Noun
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

Noun
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"

Noun
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

Noun
a call to engage in a contest or fight

Noun
a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"

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Verb
raise a formal objection in a court of law

Verb
ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"

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issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"

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take exception to; "She challenged his claims"

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An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.

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The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign.

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A claim or demand.

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The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.

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An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause.

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An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.

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To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.

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To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat.

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To claim as due; to demand as a right.

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To censure; to blame.

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To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with "Who comes there?"

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To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.

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To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court.

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To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter.

v. i.
To assert a right; to claim a place.

Challenge

Chal"lenge , n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation, challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation, contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See Calumny.] 1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.

A challenge to controversy.

2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign. 3. A claim or demand. [Obs.]

There must be no challenge of superiority.

4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game. 5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. Blackstone 6. An exception to a person as not legally qualifed to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U. S.] Challenge to the array (Law), an exception to the whole panel. -- Challenge to the favor, the alleging a special cause, the sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and office it is to decide upon it. -- Challenge to the polls, an exception taken to any one or more of the individual jurors returned. -- Peremptory challenge, a privilege sometimes allowed to defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors (fixed by statute in different States) without assigning any cause. -- Principal challenge, that which the law allows to be sufficient if found to be true.

Challenge

Chal"lenge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Challenged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Challenging.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF. chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L. calumniar to attack with false accusations. See Challenge, n., and cf. Calumniate.] 1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.

I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by right of fatherhood.

2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat.

By this I challenge him to single fight.

3. To claim as due; to demand as a right.

Challenge better terms.

4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.]

He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from them.

5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with "Who comes there?" 6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation. 7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court. 8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualifed as a voter. [U. S.] To challenge to the array, favor, polls. See under Challenge, n.

Challenge

Chal"lenge, v. i. To assert a right; to claim a place.

Where nature doth with merit challenge.

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.

To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.

To assert a right; to claim a place.

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Usage Examples

Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's going to be even tougher.

As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.

A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake of urgent man-made needs.

Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around. However, I am a mother who continues to give birth to ideas and ways of experiencing life that challenge the norm.

And we're seeing a higher level of consciousness and many more opportunities for people to challenge their present ways of thinking and move into a grander and larger experience of who they really are.

A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences.

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Other Usage Examples

Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.

But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.

As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.

Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't think it's any greater challenge than teaching 8-year-olds or any other career. In my life, I try not to make it more important than it is and I just hope that rubs off on the people around me.

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.

Challenge is good for any relationship.

And on top of that, when we work together we have a wonderful working relationship we push each other we challenge each other we laugh 80% of the time that we are together we're very fortunate.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.