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Definition of Challenge
1. Verb. Take exception to. "She challenged his claims"
Specialized synonyms: Call, Call
Entails: Call Into Question, Oppugn, Question
Generic synonyms: Contend, Contest, Repugn
Derivative terms: Challengeable, Disputation, Dispute
2. Noun. A demanding or stimulating situation. "They reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"
3. Verb. Issue a challenge to. "They challenge him to write the letter"; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
Specialized synonyms: Provoke, Stimulate, Counterchallenge, Call Into Question, Oppugn, Question, Impeach, Impugn, Dare, Defy, Call One's Bluff, Call Out, Remand, Remit, Send Back, Appeal, Action, Litigate, Process, Sue, Litigate
Derivative terms: Challenger
4. Noun. A call to engage in a contest or fight.
Specialized synonyms: Dare, Daring, Confrontation, Call-out, Defiance, Calling Into Question, Demand For Explanation, Demand For Identification, Gantlet, Gauntlet
5. Verb. Ask for identification. "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"
6. Noun. Questioning a statement and demanding an explanation. "His challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"
7. Verb. Raise a formal objection in a court of law.
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Object
Specialized synonyms: Appeal
8. Noun. A formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror.
9. Noun. A demand by a sentry for a password or identification.
Definition of Challenge
1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.
3. v. i. To assert a right; to claim a place.
Definition of Challenge
1. Noun. An instigation or antagonization intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not. ¹
2. Noun. A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty. ¹
3. Noun. ¹
4. Noun. (legal rare) A judge's interest in the result of the case for which he or she should not be allowed to sit the case, e.g. a conflict of interest. ¹
5. Noun. (legal) The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency. ¹
6. Noun. (legal) The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity. ¹
7. Noun. (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle ¹
8. Verb. To invite someone to take part in a competition. ¹
9. Verb. To dare someone. ¹
10. Verb. To dispute something. ¹
11. Verb. (legal) To make a formal objection to a juror. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Challenge
1. [v -LENGED, -LENGING, -LENGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Challenge
Literary usage of Challenge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"A prisoner for any crime may, by the common law, challenge any of the Grand ...
2 No challenge can be taken either to the array or the polls of the Petty ..."
2. The Digital Work Force: Building Infotech Skills at the Speed of Innovation by Carol A. Meares (2000)
"The perception of the challenge tends to be shaded by the perspective of the ...
And economists argue that the IT work force challenge is the expected ..."
3. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"What shall be said a principal cause of challenge to the array of the ...
Where such challenge may be made, the king being party, and where not, 156. a. ..."
4. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"What shall be said a sufficient challenge to the array for favour, ... Where such
challenge may be made, the king being party, and where not, 156. a. ..."
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