challenge

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒ/]

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1. challenge (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A confrontation; a dare.: An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.

Example: Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?

2. challenge (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A confrontation; a dare.: A bid to overcome something.

Example: a challenge to the king's authority

3. challenge (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A confrontation; a dare.: An attempt to take possession; a tackle.

Example: Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low.

4. challenge (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.

Example: We challenged the boys next door to a game of football.

5. challenge (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To dare (someone).

Example: [...] For I challenge any Man to make any pretence to Power by Right of Fatherhood, either intelligible or poſſible in any one, otherwiſe, then either as Adams heir, or as Progenitor over his own deſcendants, naturally ſprung from him.

6. challenge (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To dispute (something); to contest.

Example: to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation

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