The meaning of Challenge

Challenge – definition

noun
A call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength.
Usage examples:
He accepted the challenge
Synonims:
Dare Provocation Summons
noun
A call to prove or justify something.
Usage examples:
A challenge to the legality of the banning order
Synonims:
Confrontation with Dispute with Stand against Test of Opposition Disagreement with Questioning of Defiance Ultimatum
noun
The administration of an immunogenic or infectious agent to an animal or person, in order to study the resulting immune response or measure the efficacy of a vaccine.
Usage examples:
Challenge trials have yielded positive results when carefully and ethically conducted

verb
Exposure of the immune system to pathogenic organisms or antigens.
Usage examples:
Recently vaccinated calves should be protected from challenge
verb
Dispute the truth or validity of.
Usage examples:
It is possible to challenge the report's assumptions
Synonims:
Question Disagree with Object to Take exception to Confront Dispute Take issue with Protest against Call into question Demur about/against Dissent from Be a dissenter from
verb
Invite (someone) to engage in a contest.
Usage examples:
He challenged one of my men to a duel
verb
Expose (the immune system) to pathogenic organisms or antigens.
verb
Administer an immunogenic or infectious agent to an animal or person, in order to study the resulting immune response or measure the efficacy of a vaccine.
Usage examples:
The mice were challenged with the influenza virus

noun
Something needing great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully, or the situation of facing this kind of effort
Usage examples:
[ c ] it’s a challenge being in a marriage when both partners have high-pressure jobs., [ c ] no ma…

noun
A job, duty, or situation that is difficult because you must use a lot of effort, determination, and skill in order to be successful
Usage examples:
Accept/face/meet a challenge after significant losses last year, the company now faces the challeng…

Challenge translation into English

Challenge: translate from English into Chinese

挑战, 盘问, 搦战

Challenge: translate from English into Dutch

Uitdaging, Uitdagen, Betwisten, Wraking, Tarten, Protest, Tarting, Trotseren, Opwekking, Exceptie, Opkomen tegen, Wraken, Aanroeping, Aanroepen, Spoorslag, Het aanroepen, Uittarten

Challenge: translate from English into French

Défi, Contester, Défier, Récuser, Récusation, Mettre en question, Inviter, Faire appel, Sommation, Faire défier, Faire un défi, Faire une sommation

Challenge: translate from English into German

Herausforderung, Herausfordern, Fordern, Anfechten, Bestreiten, Problem, In frage stellen, Anfechtung, Auffordern, Aufforderung, Forderung, Ablehnen, Ablehnung, Bestreitung, Anruf, Überbieten wollen, Werdaruf, Anrufen

Challenge: translate from English into Hindi

चुनौती, ललकार, चुनौती देना, आपत्ति, बुलाव, प्रवाद, बुलावा, बुलाना, बुलाव देना, ललकारना, आपत्ति करना, आक्षेप, चुनौती आपाति

Challenge: translate from English into Italian

Sfida, Sfidare, Contestare, Provocare, Impresa difficile

Challenge: translate from English into Korean

도전, 도전장, 기피, 수하, 해볼 만한 일, 해볼 만한 문제 등, 의욕이 솟게 함, 노력이 솟게 함, 감흥 등이 솟게 함, 설명의 요구, 증거의 요구, 도전하다, 수하하다, 의심하다, 거부하다, 당연히 요구하다, 유효성에 이의를 제기 하다, 자격 등에 이의를 제기 하다, 냄새를 맡고 짖다, 이의신청을 하다

Challenge: translate from English into Russian

Вызов, Оспаривать, Проблема, Бросать вызов, Сложная задача, Отвод, Сомнение, Оклик, Подвергать сомнению, Вызывать, Требовать, Вызов на дуэль, Опознавательные сигналы, Окликать, Спрашивать пропуск, Спрашивать пароль, Сомневаться, Отрицать, Давать отвод присяжным

Challenge: translate from English into Spanish

Desafío, Reto, Desafiar, Impugnar, Retar, Desafiador

Word origin

Middle English (in the senses ‘accusation’ and ‘accuse’): from Old French chalenge (noun), chalenger (verb), from Latin calumnia ‘calumny’, calumniari ‘calumniate’.

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Challenge – similar words

challenged

adjective
Used euphemistically to indicate that someone suffers disability in a specified respect.
Usage examples:
My experience of being physically challenged

verb
Dispute the truth or validity of.
Usage examples:
It is possible to challenge the report's assumptions

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Challenge synonims

call into question

idiom
Challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

idiom
To cause doubts about something
Usage examples:
The fact that a party can be voted into power by a minority of the electorate calls into question t…

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confront

verb
Come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent.
Usage examples:
He confronted the robbers as they were trying to leave

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dare

verb
Have the courage to do something.
Usage examples:
A story he dare not write down

noun
A challenge, especially to prove courage.
Usage examples:
She ran across a main road for a dare

verb
Archaic or regional past of dare.

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defiance

noun
Open resistance; bold disobedience.
Usage examples:
An act of defiance

noun
Proud and determined opposition against authority or against someone more powerful than you are
Usage examples:
They are continuing to publish their newspaper, in defiance of government attempts to close it down.

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dispute

noun
A disagreement or argument.
Usage examples:
A territorial dispute between the two countries

verb
Argue about (something).
Usage examples:
The point has been much disputed

noun
An argument or disagreement
Usage examples:
[ c ] management and the union are trying to resolve the dispute over working conditions., her skil…

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opposition

noun
Resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument.
Usage examples:
There was considerable opposition to the proposal

noun
Disagreement with something, often by speaking or fighting against it, or (esp. in politics) the people or group who are not in power
Usage examples:
The proposal faces strong opposition., they expect to defeat the opposition.

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provocation

noun
Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately.
Usage examples:
You should remain calm and not respond to provocation

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question

ˈkwes.tʃən

noun
A sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information.
Usage examples:
We hope this leaflet has been helpful in answering your questions

verb
Ask (someone) questions, especially in an official context.
Usage examples:
Four men were being questioned about the killings

verb
A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

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summons

noun
An order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order.
Usage examples:
A summons for non-payment of a parking ticket

verb
Serve (someone) with a summons.
Usage examples:
He has been summonsed to appear in court next month

verb
Order (someone) to be present.
Usage examples:
A waiter was summoned

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ultimatum

noun
A final demand or statement of terms, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relations.
Usage examples:
Their employers issued an ultimatum demanding an immediate return to work

noun
A demand that a person or group do something to avoid something unpleasant
Usage examples:
The workers got an ultimatum – go back to work or face dismissal.

noun
A warning, usually the last and most threatening one in a series, in which someone is told that if they take a particular action, something unpleasant will happen to them
Usage examples:
Issue/deliver/give an ultimatum the chairman has issued an ultimatum: sort out the problems, or the…

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