The meaning of the word challenge

Verb



A number of doctors are challenging the study’s claims.



The new lawsuit challenges the lower court’s decision.



She’s been challenged on her handling of the problem.



None of them were willing to challenge the referee on the call.



It’s a game that will challenge a child’s imagination.



The work doesn’t challenge him anymore, and he’s often bored.

Noun



The next major challenge for the company is to improve its distribution capabilities.



Teaching adolescents can be quite a challenge.



The band feels ready for new challenges.



If he takes on the new project he will face the greatest challenge of his career.



Management is seeking ways to better meet the challenge of future growth.



The ski slope offers a high degree of challenge.



Do you accept my challenge to a game of chess?



The senator may face a challenge from within her own party.

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Recent Examples on the Web



The challenges Isbell’s faced growing up with well intending but very young parents.


Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023





Trump indictment: What happens next Karl challenged Trusty on whether Trump’s attacks on Bragg were wise.


Megan Barnes, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2023





The Tigers challenged the call on the field but lost.


Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2023





Kacsmaryk, a Trump administration appointee in Amarillo, Texas, signed an injunction directing the FDA to stay mifepristone’s approval while a lawsuit challenging the safety and approval of the drug continues.


oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023





Kacsmaryk, a Trump administration appointee based in Amarillo, Texas, signed an injunction directing the FDA to stay mifepristone’s approval while a lawsuit challenging the safety and approval of the drug continues.


Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023





Kacsmaryk signed an injunction directing the FDA to stay mifepristone’s approval while a lawsuit challenging the safety and approval of the drug continues.


Paul J. Weber, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023





The American Civil Liberties Union has filed at least four lawsuits challenging trans athlete bans.


Sydney Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2023





Kacsmaryk, a Trump administration appointee in Amarillo, Texas, signed an injunction directing the FDA to stay mifepristone’s approval while a lawsuit challenging the safety and approval of the drug continues.


Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023




Cost became slightly less of a barrier in that timeframe, but interpersonal relationships and logistical challenges such as finding transportation or child care became more challenging.


Deidre Mcphillips, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023





Volatility in the housing market, including high prices and a limited supply of homes for sale, has also posed a challenge.


Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023





Training his dogs wasn’t Holmes’ biggest challenge this year.


Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2023





Biden has attracted challenges from lower polling aspirants such as bestselling spiritual author Marianne Williamson and environmental lawyer Robert Kennedy Jr., who announced his campaign last week.


Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 10 Apr. 2023





Russia has also occasionally portrayed Poseidon as useable against U.S. carrier taskforces, though getting the long-distance weapon to intercept ship erratically moving at 30 knots poses very complex challenges.


Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 10 Apr. 2023





In previous instances where Trump’s team has sought intervention from the D.C. Circuit, judges there have acted swiftly to order legal briefs from his team and the special counsel before rejecting his legal challenges.


Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2023





Following a legal challenge from Juul, the FDA later placed a temporary hold on its decision and is conducting an additional review of the company’s products.


CBS News, 10 Apr. 2023





But the ambitious plan comes with major challenges.


Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023



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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English chalenge, variant with palatalization of Middle English kalange (an accusation, claim), from Old French chalenge, chalonge, palatalized Central French variants of Old Northern French calenge, calonge (see Continental Norman calengier), from Latin calumnia (a false accusation, calumny), from Proto-Indo-European *kēl-, *ḱēl- (invocation; to beguile, feign, charm, cajole, deceive). Cognate with Old English hōl (calumny). Doublet of calumny.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒ/, /ˈt͡ʃæl.ənd͡ʒ/

Noun[edit]

challenge (plural challenges)

  1. A confrontation; a dare.
    1. An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
      • 2013 November 30, Paul Davis, “Letters: Say it as simply as possible”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8864:

        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. A bid to overcome something.

      a challenge to the king’s authority

      • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

        For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.

    3. (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
      • 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1-2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:

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

    4. A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
    5. 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.
      • 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, Guadalcanal Campaign — The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)[1], archived from the original on 7 November 2022, 27:16 from the start:

        The somewhat-shattered San Francisco also managed to make it out, although not before she’d come within seconds of being blown out of the water by Helena, as the two had lost contact in the dark and the flagship had loomed back out of the murk with no one and nothing available to answer the light cruiser’s challenge — the radio, the whistle, the signal lights, the flags, et cetera, had all been destroyed. Luckily, one of the few surviving signalmen found a small handheld signal light and managed to blink out the ship’s hull number.

    6. An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
  2. A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
  3. (law) A procedure or action.
    1. (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).

      Consanguinity in direct line is a challenge for a judge when he or she is sitting cases.

    2. The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
    3. The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.

      We’re still waiting to hear how the court rules on our challenge of the arbitrator based on conflict of interest.

    4. (US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
  4. (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.

Derived terms[edit]

  • challenge coin
  • challenge exam
  • challengeable
  • challenged
  • challengee
  • challenger
  • challengest
  • challengeth
  • counterchallenge
  • dechallenge
  • drug challenge
  • high challenge
  • ice bucket challenge
  • megachallenge
  • mischallenge
  • multichallenger
  • nonchallenge
  • overchallenge
  • peremptory challenge
  • postchallenge
  • prechallenge
  • rechallenge
  • rise to the challenge
  • subchallenge
  • superchallenge
  • unchallengeable
  • unchallengeably
  • unchallenged
  • underchallenge

Descendants[edit]

  • French: challenge (orthographic)
  • Japanese: チャレンジ (charenji)
  • Russian: че́ллендж (čéllendž)

Translations[edit]

that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not

  • Arabic: (indefinite) تَحَدٍّ‎ m (taḥaddin), (definite) التَّحَدِّي‎ m (at-taḥaddī)
  • Armenian: մարտահրավեր (hy) (martahraver), կոչ (hy) pf (kočʿ) (sc․), մրցահրավեր (hy) (mrcʿahraver)
  • Asturian: desafíu m, retu m
  • Belarusian: вы́клік m (výklik)
  • Bikol Central: agyat (bcl)
  • Bulgarian: предизви́кване (bg) n (predizvíkvane)
  • Catalan: desafiament m, repte (ca) m
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 挑戰挑战 (zh) (tiǎozhàn)
  • Czech: výzva (cs) f
  • Danish: udfordring c
  • Dutch: uitdaging (nl)
  • Esperanto: defio
  • Estonian: please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish: haaste (fi)
  • French: défi (fr) m, chalenge (fr) m
  • Galician: desfiamento m, devandiña f, reto m
  • Georgian: გამოწვევა (gamoc̣veva)
  • German: Herausforderung (de) f
  • Greek: πρόκληση (el) f (próklisi)
    Ancient: πρόκλησις f (próklēsis)
  • Hebrew: אֶתְגָּר (he) m (etgár)
  • Hungarian: kihívás (hu)
  • Icelandic: áskorun (is) f
  • Indonesian: tantangan (id)
  • Irish: dúshlán m
  • Italian: sfida (it) f
  • Japanese: 挑戦 (ja) (ちょうせん, chōsen)
  • Khmer: ឧបសគ្គ (km) (ʼupaʼsak)
  • Korean: 도전(挑戰) (ko) (dojeon)
  • Latin: prōvocātiō f
  • Latvian: izaicinājums m
  • Lithuanian: iššūkis m
  • Malay: cabaran (ms)
  • Malayalam: വെല്ലുവിളി (ml) (velluviḷi)
  • Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
  • Norman: d’fi m
  • Persian: چالش (fa) (čâleš)
  • Polish: wyzwanie (pl) n
  • Portuguese: desafio (pt) m, incentivo (pt)
  • Romanian: provocare (ro) f
  • Russian: вы́зов (ru) m (výzov)
  • Scottish Gaelic: dùbhlan m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: и̏зазо̄в m
    Roman: ȉzazōv m
  • Spanish: desafío (es) m, reto (es) m
  • Swahili: changa moto (sw)
  • Swedish: utmaning (sv) c
  • Tamil: சவால் (ta) (cavāl)
  • Thai: คำท้า, คำท้าทาย
  • Ukrainian: ви́клик m (výklyk)
  • Vietnamese: thách thức (vi), thách đố
  • Welsh: her f, heriau f pl

(sports) an attempt to take possession

  • Spanish: disputa (es) f

difficult task

  • Arabic: تَحَدٍّ‎ m (taḥaddin), (definite) التَّحَدِّي‎ m (at-taḥaddī)
  • Armenian: please add this translation if you can
  • Bulgarian: предизвика́телство (bg) n (predizvikátelstvo)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 挑戰挑战 (zh) (tiǎozhàn), 難題难题 (zh) (nántí)
  • Czech: výzva (cs) f
  • Dutch: uitdaging (nl)
  • Esperanto: defio
  • Finnish: haaste (fi)
  • French: défi (fr), chalenge (fr) m
  • Georgian: please add this translation if you can
  • German: Herausforderung (de) f, (schwierige) Aufgabe f
  • Greek: πρόκληση (el) f (próklisi)
  • Hebrew: אֶתְגָּר (he) m (etgár)
  • Hindi: चुनौती (hi) f (cunautī)
  • Indonesian: tantangan (id)
  • Italian: sfida (it) f, impresa (it) f
  • Japanese: チャレンジ (ja) (charenji), 挑戦 (ja) (ちょうせん, chōsen)
  • Khmer: ឧបសគ្គ (km) (ʼupaʼsak)
  • Korean: 도전(挑戰) (ko) (dojeon), 챌린지 (chaellinji)
  • Malayalam: വെല്ലുവിളി (ml) (velluviḷi)
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: төвөгтэй асуудал (tövögtej asuudal)
  • Norman: d’fi m
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: utfordring (no) m
  • Persian: چالش (fa) (čâleš)
  • Polish: wyzwanie (pl) n
  • Portuguese: desafio (pt) m
  • Romanian: provocare (ro) f
  • Russian: вы́зов (ru) m (výzov), испыта́ние (ru) n (ispytánije), сло́жная зада́ча f (slóžnaja zadáča), тру́дная зада́ча f (trúdnaja zadáča), че́ллендж (ru) m (čéllendž)
  • Spanish: desafío (es) m, reto (es) m
  • Swahili: changa moto (sw)
  • Swedish: utmaning (sv) c
  • Tamil: சவால் (ta) (cavāl)
  • Thai: ความท้าทาย (th) (kwaam-táa-taai)
  • Ukrainian: ви́клик (výklyk), складна́ задача́ (skladná zadačá), пробле́ма (probléma)
  • Vietnamese: thách thức (vi), thử thách (vi)
  • Welsh: her f

judge’s interest in the result of the case for which they should not be allowed to sit

the act of appealing a ruling or decision

the act of seeking to remove a judge

Verb[edit]

challenge (third-person singular simple present challenges, present participle challenging, simple past and past participle challenged)

  1. (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.

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

    • c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, []”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

      By this I challenge him to single fight.

  2. (transitive) To dare (someone).
    • 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Who Heir?”, in Two Treatises of Government: [], London: [] Awnsham Churchill, [], →OCLC, book I, paragraph 149, page 194:

      […] 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.

  3. (transitive) To dispute (something).

    to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation

    • 2022 August 10, Dr Mike Esbester, “New understandings from old incidents”, in RAIL, number 963, page 58:

      In the April 2020 Roade fatality, the worker who died «was reputedly in the habit of walking on the line when he didn’t need to». Tragically, no one challenged him about it.

  4. To call something into question or dispute.
    New information challenged old hypotheses.
  5. (law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
  6. (transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
    • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487:

      Before moving onto the content of Hobson-Jobson, an explication of the publication history is necessary since this has clearly challenged many commentators.

  7. (obsolete, transitive) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
    • 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. [], London: [] J[acob] Tonson, [], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 3:

      Challenge better terms.
  8. (obsolete, transitive) To censure; to blame.
    • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the VVorld. Commonly Called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndus. [], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: [] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:

      I may be more challenged for my inconsiderate Boldness
  9. (military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).

    The sentinel challenged us with «Who goes there?»

  10. (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.
  11. (Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
    • 1996, Senate Legislative Record … Legislature State of Maine[2]:

      I mean if you go in and want to challenge an exam it cost you half of your course money. If you don’t pass the exam, that money is credited toward taking the course. What have you got to lose to challenge an exam, or do a competency exam?

    • 1997, Carol Gino, The Nurse’s Story[3]:

      The only time I went to class was to challenge an exam. My marks were good. But there was one class I never missed, “Nursing Process and the New Philosophy in Nursing.”

    • 2006, Diana Huggins, Exam/cram 70-291: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure[4], page 2:

      Although we strongly recommend that you keep practicing until your scores top the 75% mark, 80% would be a good goal, to give yourself some margin for error in a real exam situation[…]. After you hit that point, you should be ready to challenge the exam.

Synonyms[edit]

  • becall, call out

Translations[edit]

to invite someone to take part in a competition

  • Asturian: desafiar, retar
  • Bikol Central: agyat (bcl)
  • Bulgarian: пови́квам (bg) impf (povíkvam), пока́нвам (bg) impf (pokánvam)
  • Catalan: desafiar (ca)
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏁᏄᎵᎠ (ganenulia)
  • Danish: udfordre
  • Dutch: uitdagen (nl), tarten (nl)
  • Esperanto: defii
  • Finnish: haastaa (fi)
  • French: défier (fr)
  • Galician: desafiar (gl), retar
  • German: herausfordern (de)
  • Indonesian: menantang (id)
  • Latin: prōvocō
  • Malayalam: വെല്ലുവിളിക്കുക (velluviḷikkuka)
  • Old English: beclipian
  • Polish: wyzwać pf
  • Portuguese: desafiar (pt)
  • Romanian: provoca (ro)
  • Russian: вызыва́ть (ru) impf (vyzyvátʹ), вы́звать (ru) pf (výzvatʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Roman: izazvati (sh) pf
  • Spanish: desafiar (es), retar (es)
  • Swahili: changa moto (sw)
  • Swedish: utmana (sv)
  • Vietnamese: thách đấu
  • Thai: ท้าแข่ง, ท้าดวล, ท้า (th) (táa)

to dare someone

  • Bulgarian: предизвиквам (bg) (predizvikvam)
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏁᏄᎵᎠ (ganenulia)
  • Czech: vyzvat (cs)
  • Danish: udfordre
  • Dutch: uitdagen (nl)
  • Esperanto: defii
  • Finnish: haastaa (fi)
  • French: défier (fr)
  • German: herausfordern (de)
  • Hebrew: אתגר (he) (itgér)
  • Indonesian: menantang (id)
  • Korean: 도전하다 (ko) (dojeonhada)
  • Latin: prōvocō
  • Malay: cabar (ms)
  • Polish: ośmielić (pl)
  • Portuguese: desafiar (pt)
  • Russian: вызыва́ть (ru) impf (vyzyvátʹ)
  • Spanish: retar (es), desafiar (es)
  • Swahili: changa moto (sw)
  • Swedish: utmana (sv)
  • Vietnamese: thách (vi), thách thức (vi), thách đố
  • Thai: ท้า (th) (táa)

to make a formal objection to a juror

to write a final exam to get credit for a course

Translations to be checked

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  • challenging
  • challenger
  • dechallenge
  • rechallenge

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Orthographic borrowing from English challenge, from Old French chalonge, from Latin calumnia. Doublet of calomnie.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ/

Noun[edit]

challenge m (plural challenges)

  1. challenge

Further reading[edit]

  • “challenge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English challenge.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tʃe.ɫəndʒ/

Noun[edit]

challenge (definite accusative challengeı, plural challengelar)

  1. challenge
    Synonym: mücadele

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative challenge
Definite accusative challengeı
Singular Plural
Nominative challenge challengelar
Definite accusative challengeı challengeları
Dative challengea challengelara
Locative challengeda challengelarda
Ablative challengedan challengelardan
Genitive challengeın challengeların

вызов, проблема, сомнение, отвод, оспаривать, бросать вызов, вызывать

существительное

- вызов (на состязание, соревнование и т. п.)

to launch a challenge against smb. — бросить кому-л. вызов
to meet the challenge — оказаться на высоте

- вызов на дуэль; картель

to address a challenge to smb. — послать кому-л. вызов (на дуэль)
to have a challenge delivered [carried, brought] by a second — послать [передать, получить] вызов через секунданта

- сомнение; постановка под вопрос

to bring smth. into challenge — поставить что-л. под сомнение; бросить тень сомнения на что-л.
to bring smb.’s title into challenge — оспаривать чьё-л. право
a challenge of the premises of an argument — лог. возражения против предпосылок рассуждения

- испытание, проба (своих) сил; напряжение сил; нечто требующее мужества, труда и т. п.

my new job is not easy but it’s a challenge — моя новая работа нелегка, но для меня это будет проба сил

- сложная задача; проблема

the challenge of a nuclear age — задачи, которые ставит перед нами ядерный век
to issue the challenge — ставить задачу
to meet the challenge — оказаться на высоте

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глагол

- вызывать (на дуэль и т. п.); бросать вызов
- спорт. вызвать на соревнование

to challenge smb. to run a race — вызывать кого-л. на соревнование по бегу

- сомневаться; отрицать

to challenge smb.’s knowledge — сомневаться в чьих-л. знаниях, ставить под вопрос чью-л. осведомлённость

- оспаривать, подвергать сомнению

to challenge the accuracy of a statement — оспаривать правильность утверждения
to challenge the wisdom of a procedure — выражать сомнение в целесообразности какой-л. процедуры

- требовать (усилий)

this job will challenge your abilities — эта работа будет испытанием ваших способностей /должна показать, на что вы способны/
this event challenges an explanation — это событие требуется объяснить

- отводить, давать отвод
- юр. отводить присяжного заседателя
- юр. возражать (против чего-л. в процессе)
- давать отвод избирателю (как не имеющему права голоса)
- требовать признания недействительным избирательного бюллетеня или результатов голосования
- воен. окликать (о часовом); спрашивать пропуск, пароль
- мор. показывать опознавательные

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Словосочетания

a barefaced challenge for a fight — открытый вызов на бой  
the challenge of combining a career with motherhood — трудная задача — совмещать карьеру с материнством  
to issue / send a challenge — бросить вызов  
to accept / meet / respond to / take up a challenge — принять вызов  
formidable / real challenge — настоящий вызов, истинное испытание  
challenge for cause — отвод по конкретному основанию  
to accept the challenge — браться за решение проблемы  
to face the challenge — столкнуться с проблемой  
to challenge smb.’s dominance — бросать вызов чьему-л. господству  
to challenge smb. to a duel — вызвать кого-л. на дуэль  
to challenge a juror — вызывать присяжных  
to step up to take on a challenge — проявлять мужество и принимать вызов  

Примеры с переводом

He took up my challenge.

Он принял мой вызов.

I see the job as a challenge.

Для меня эта работа — вызов, испытание.

It was a challenge just to survive.

Даже просто выжить было подвигом.

Learning a new language is always a challenge.

Изучать новый язык всегда непросто.

The job doesn’t really challenge her.

На этой работе она не может как следует проявить себя.

It was a challenge to our very existence.

Само наше существование было поставлено на карту.

We are challenged to produce a precedent.

Нас поставили перед необходимостью создать прецедент.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

McConnell beat off a challenge for his Senate seat.

…the pioneers faced the challenge of settling the frontier with unyielding courage…

They threw down the challenge that he couldn’t wash 40 cars in one hour (=invited him to try to do it).

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке , напротив примера.

Возможные однокоренные слова

challenger  — претендент, оспаривающий, посылающий вызов, возражающий
challenging  — стимулирующий, побуждающий, манящий, испытывающий способности
challengeable  — сомнительный, небесспорный, оспоримый

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): challenge
мн. ч.(plural): challenges

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    challenge

    •• Challenge 1. a call to engage in a contest of skill, strength, etc…. 6. a difficulty in an undertaking that is stimulating (The Random House Dictionary).

    •• Не так уж редко это распространенное английское слово можно перевести менее распространенным русским вызов. Хотя некоторым оно кажется в этом значении довольно неуклюжим, все же можно считать его достаточно укоренившимся в русском языке, а потому вполне подходящим в таком, скажем, примере: The level of unemployment among young people is one of the greatest challenges facing the country today. Не нравится вызов – можно воспользоваться словом проблема, правда, очень уж затертым у нас. Аналогичный пример из журнала Time: For many, getting any job after high school is one of life’s stiffest challenges. Но вот пример, где надо постараться передать еще не стертую экспрессивность этого английского слова: The English Channel is only twenty miles across but it presents a challenge even to the strongest swimmers. — Ширина Ла-Манша – всего двадцать миль, но переплыть его – задача, требующая максимума усилий (огромного напряжения сил) даже для сильного пловца. К аналогичному приему можно прибегнуть и при переводе такого предложения (из Time): The challenge facing the Nentsi – and the Russian government – is how to exploit the natural wealth of the Yamal Peninsula without destroying the cultural wealth of the Nentsi people. — От ненцев (и от российского правительства) потребуется немало усилий и изобретательности, чтобы освоить природные богатства Ямала, не разрушая культурного богатства народа.

    •• Интересен вариант перевода этого слова, подсказанный приведенным в начале статьи определением: challenge – стимул и даже раздражитель.

    •• А теперь о получивших очень широкое распространение в последнее время выражениях типа adverb + challenged. Насколько мне известно, мода началась с выражения vertically challenged, ставшего

    «политкорректным»

    (см. об этом явлении в статье policy, politics, politician) синонимом слова short в значении низкорослый. В статье Life Is a Struggle for the Vertically Challenged автор Джозеф Блокер (Joseph Blocher) пишет: Being short is not just a physical attribute; it is a way of life. Далее идут примеры дискриминации, неудобств и проблем в общении, с которыми сталкиваются в США люди невысокого роста (этот перевод кажется мне в большинстве случаев вполне приемлемым). По этой модели образовано несколько выражений, относящихся к людям с физическими или иными недостатками, например, physically challenged (Physically Challenged Golf Association – Ассоциация для игроков в гольф с физическими недостатками или, если считать, что русское слово инвалид не является в нашей культуре обидным, Ассоциация гольфистов-инвалидов) и даже просто challenged (Challenged Athletes Foundation – Фонд поддержки спортсменов-инвалидов; challenged children – дети с затруднениями/проблемами в развитии). Постепенно, однако, как и все проявления политкорректности, эти выражения стали вызывать у некоторых американцев раздражение и переосмысливаться иронически. Отсюда, например, довольно забавное переложение сказки о Красной Шапочке: Vertically Challenged Red Riding Hood (я бы перевел это название еще более утрированно: «Вертикально озадаченная девочка в красном головном уборе»). Самое главное для переводчика – уловить, используется ли выражение этого типа всерьез или с иронией, а также меру иронии. Что же касается вариантов перевода, то их разброс может быть очень велик: приходится, в частности, учитывать, есть ли необходимость в соблюдении «политкорректности» в русском тексте. В большинстве примеров, приведенных выше, такая необходимость, пожалуй, есть. А вот в названии Интернет-сайта Assistance for the Technologically Challenged я ее не вижу. Возможный перевод – Для тех, кто не в ладах/в трудных отношениях с техникой (встречается примерно в том же значении electronically challenged). Photo Travel: Tour of Italy for the Financially Challenged – здесь for the financially challenged служит синонимом выражения on a budget: – Путешествие по Италии для людей с ограниченными финансами/средствами или По Италии с минимумом расходов. Очень интересный пример – использование выражения этого типа в намеренно политически некорректном, резко критическом смысле: Madeleine Albright: Ethically Challenged (название статьи известного публициста Уильяма Блюма). Я бы перевел «Этическая глухота Мадлен Олбрайт».

    English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > challenge

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    challenge

    challenge [ˊtʃælɪndʒ]

    1) вы́зов (на состязание, дуэль

    и т.п.

    )

    2) сло́жная зада́ча, пробле́ма

    5)

    мор.

    опознава́тельные ( сигнал)

    1) вызыва́ть, броса́ть вы́зов

    2) оспа́ривать; подверга́ть сомне́нию;

    3) сомнева́ться, отрица́ть;

    4) оклика́ть ( о часовом); спра́шивать паро́ль, про́пуск

    5) тре́бовать (внимания, уважения

    и т.п.

    )

    6)

    юр.

    дава́ть отво́д прися́жным

    7)

    мор.

    пока́зывать опознава́тельные сигна́лы

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > challenge

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    challenge

    English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > challenge

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    challenge

    challenge
    n

    проба сил; испытание; постановка сложных проблем ()

    Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык.
    .
    1995.

    Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > challenge

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    challenge

    Персональный Сократ > challenge

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    challenge

    [ˈtʃælɪndʒ]

    challenge бросать вызов challenge возражать, оспаривать challenge возражать challenge возражение, оспаривание challenge возражения в ходе процесса challenge вызов (на состязание, дуэль и т. п.) challenge вызов challenge вызывать, бросать вызов; to challenge to socialist emulation вызывать на социалистическое соревнование challenge вызывать challenge давать отвод challenge юр. давать отвод присяжным challenge недопущение избирателя к голосованию challenge оклик (часового) challenge окликать (о часовом); спрашивать пароль, пропуск challenge мор. опознавательные (сигнал) challenge оспаривать; подвергать сомнению; to challenge the accuracy of a statement оспаривать правильность утверждения challenge оспаривать challenge юр. отвод (присяжных); peremptory challenge отвод без указания причины (в уголовных делах) challenge отвод challenge отвод присяжного заседателя challenge отводить присяжного заседателя challenge отрицать challenge подвергать критике challenge подвергать сомнению challenge мор. показывать опознавательные challenge постановка под вопрос challenge претензия challenge притязание challenge сложная задача, проблема challenge сомневаться, отрицать; the teacher challenged my knowledge учитель усомнился в моих знаниях challenge сомневаться challenge сомнение challenge спрашивать пропуск или пароль challenge ставить задачу challenge требование об аннулировании избирательного бюллетеня challenge требование об аннулировании результатов голосования challenge требование признать недействительным избирательный бюллетень challenge требование признать недействительными результаты голосования challenge требовать (внимания, уважения и т. п.) challenge требовать challenge for cause отвод присяжного заседателя по конкретному основанию challenge of juror отвод присяжного заседателя challenge оспаривать; подвергать сомнению; to challenge the accuracy of a statement оспаривать правильность утверждения challenge to jury отвод состава суда challenge вызывать, бросать вызов; to challenge to socialist emulation вызывать на социалистическое соревнование economic challenges экономические «вызовы» (борьба с инфляцией, уменьшающийся объем национального богатства, подлежащего распределению, интернационализация экономики); непопулярные экономические меры institutional challenges проблемы порождаемые созданием учреждений (централизация, отсутствие гибкости, бюрократизация) challenge юр. отвод (присяжных); peremptory challenge отвод без указания причины (в уголовных делах) peremptory challenge отвод без указания причины challenge сомневаться, отрицать; the teacher challenged my knowledge учитель усомнился в моих знаниях

    English-Russian short dictionary > challenge

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    challenge

    Politics english-russian dictionary > challenge

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    challenge

    1. n вызов

    2. n вызов на дуэль; картель

    3. n сомнение; постановка под вопрос

    4. n сложная задача; проблема

    5. n юр. отвод присяжного заседателя

    6. n юр. возражение в ходе процесса

    challenge rule — правило, согласно которому в случае признания патента недействительным подлежат возврату лицензиату все суммы лицензионного вознаграждения, уплаченные им после возбуждения иска о признании патента недействительным

    7. n амер. недопущение избирателя к голосованию

    8. n амер. требование об аннулировании избирательного бюллетеня или результатов голосования

    the election of a new government was met by a challenge from its opponents — противники нового правительства требовали считать недействительным его избрание

    9. n амер. книжн. претензия, притязание

    10. n амер. мор. опознавательные

    11. n амер. оклик

    12. n амер. вет. контрольное, проверочное заражение вакцинированных животных

    лай собак, дающий знать, что они напали на след

    13. v вызывать; бросать вызов

    14. v спорт. вызвать на соревнование

    15. v сомневаться; отрицать

    16. v оспаривать, подвергать сомнению

    17. v требовать

    18. v отводить, давать отвод

    19. v юр. отводить присяжного заседателя

    20. v юр. возражать

    21. v амер. давать отвод избирателю

    22. v амер. требовать признания недействительным избирательного бюллетеня или результатов голосования

    23. v амер. воен. окликать; спрашивать пропуск, пароль

    24. v амер. мор. показывать опознавательные

    Синонимический ряд:

    2. defiance (noun) cartel; dare; defi; defiance; defy; provocation; stump

    3. demur (noun) demur; demurral; demurrer; objection; protest; protestation; question; remonstrance; remonstration

    5. task (noun) demand; formidable task; hazard; invitation; summons; task; threat; venture

    6. dare (verb) affront; confront; contest; dare; denounce; duel; invite competition; threaten

    7. demand (verb) call; claim; demand; exact; postulate; require; requisition; solicit

    8. dispute (verb) ask for; assert; claim as one’s due; demand one’s rights; dispute; doubt; impose; impute; mistrust; question; take exception

    9. face (verb) beard; brave; defy; face; front; outdare; outface; venture

    10. fight (verb) buck; combat; fight; oppose; resist; traverse

    11. stir (verb) arouse; awaken; bestir; kindle; rally; rouse; stir; wake; waken; whet

    Антонимический ряд:

    English-Russian base dictionary > challenge

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    challenge

    1. [ʹtʃælındʒ]

    1. 1) вызов ()

    to launch a challenge against smb. — бросить кому-л. вызов

    2) вызов на дуэль; картель

    to address a challenge to smb. — послать кому-л. вызов (на дуэль)

    to have a challenge delivered [carried, brought] by a second — послать [передать, получить] вызов через секунданта

    2. сомнение; постановка под вопрос

    to bring smth. into challenge — поставить что-л. под сомнение; бросить тень сомнения на что-л.

    to bring smb.’s title into challenge — оспаривать чьё-л. право

    3. 1) испытание, проба (своих) сил; напряжение сил; нечто требующее мужества, труда

    my new job is not easy but it’s a challenge — моя новая работа нелегка, но для меня это будет проба сил

    2) сложная задача; проблема

    the challenge of a nuclear age — задачи, которые ставит перед нами ядерный век

    1) отвод присяжного заседателя

    challenge to the favour — отвод по мотивам заинтересованности /знакомства /

    to uphold [to overrule] the challenge — удовлетворить [отклонить] отвод

    2) возражение () в ходе процесса

    1) недопущение избирателя к голосованию

    2) требование об аннулировании избирательного бюллетеня результатов голосования

    the election of a new government was met by a challenge from its opponents — противники нового правительства требовали считать недействительным его избрание

    to lay challenge to smth. — предъявлять претензию на что-л.

    7.

    опознавательные (сигналы)

    9.

    контрольное, проверочное заражение вакцинированных животных

    10.

    лай собак, дающий знать, что они напали на след

    2. [ʹtʃælındʒ]

    1. (to)

    1) вызывать (); бросать вызов

    2)

    вызвать на соревнование

    to challenge smb. to run a race — вызывать кого-л. на соревнование по бегу

    2. 1) сомневаться; отрицать

    to challenge smb.’s knowledge — сомневаться в чьих-л. знаниях, ставить под вопрос чью-л. осведомлённость

    2) оспаривать, подвергать сомнению

    to challenge the accuracy of a statement — оспаривать правильность утверждения

    to challenge the wisdom of a procedure — выражать сомнение в целесообразности какой-л. процедуры

    this job will challenge your abilities — эта работа будет испытанием ваших способностей /должна показать, на что вы способны/

    4. 1) отводить, давать отвод

    2)

    отводить присяжного заседателя

    1) давать отвод избирателю ()

    2) требовать признания недействительным избирательного бюллетеня результатов голосования

    6.

    окликать (); спрашивать пропуск, пароль

    7.

    показывать опознавательные

    НБАРС > challenge

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    challenge

    I [‘tʃælɪndʒ]

    n

    1) вызов, проба сил, испытание

    Challenges to fight are punishable by fine and imprisonment. — Вызов на поединок карается штрафом и лишением свободы.

    It was a challenge to our very existence. — Само наше существование было поставлено на карту.

    major challenge


    — issue a challenge to smb
    — accept to a challenge
    — meet a challenge
    — rise to a challenge

    2) препятствие, трудная задача, проблема


    — energy challenges
    — face a challenge
    — mount a challenge
    — pose a challenge to smth

    II [‘tʃælɪndʒ]

    v

    1) вызывать, бросать вызов, призывать к ответу (за что-либо)

    The teacher challenged his students with a new method. — Учитель поставил перед студентами задачу освоения нового метода, что требовало больших усилий.

    challenge smb to a fight


    — this event challenges explanation

    2) окликать, требовать пароль, спрашивать пропуск

    The sentry challenged us with «Who’s coming? — » Охрана окликнула нас: «Кто идет?

    » We were challenged by armed guards. — Нас окликнула/остановила вооруженная охрана.

    3) усомниться, сомневаться, ставить под вопрос, оспаривать, опровергать

    challenge smb’s knowledge


    — challenge the wisdom of smb’s decision
    — challenge smb’s right
    — challenge the truth of the experiment
    — challenge the title
    — challenge smb’s leadership

    4) обвинять, требовать ответа

    challenge smb for lying


    — challenge the firm for fraud

    They are not likely to challenge us on any details. — Они вряд ли будут требовать от нас каких-то деталей.

    6) давать отвод (присяжному, свидетелю, свидетельскому показанию), не принимать дело к рассмотрению

    Anybody may challenge on the ground that so and so is unfit. — Любой может дать отвод на том основании, что то-то и то-то не имеет отношения к делу

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > challenge

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    challenge

    ˈtʃælɪndʒ
    1. сущ.
    1) а) вызов( на поединок, дуэль и т. п.;
    также переносные употребления) to issue, send a challenge ≈ бросить вызов to accept, meet, respond to, take up a challenge ≈ принять вызов Challenges to fight are punishable by fine and imprisonment. ≈ Вызов на поединок карается штрафом и лишением свободы. It was a challenge to our very existence. ≈ Само наше существование было поставлено на карту. His whole countenance is a challenge to scrutiny. ≈ Само выражение лица провоцировало на то, чтобы проверить и перепроверить его слова. б) перен. сложная задача, проблема formidable, real challenge ≈ настоящий вызов, истинное испытание It was a challenge just to survive. ≈ Даже просто выжить было подвигом. ∙ Syn: summons, defiance
    2) нечто, призванное обратить на себя внимание а) обращение часового к подошедшему с требованием назвать пароль б) мор. опознавательный сигнал в) поведение охотничьей собаки, когда она берет след
    3) а) обвинение( также юр.) ;
    высказанное сомнение( в истинности научной гипотезы, чьих-л. заявлений и т.п.) Any scheme may be pursued for bringing her title into challenge. ≈ Для того, чтобы подвергнуть сомнению ее права на титул, можно идти на все, что угодно. Syn: charge б) юр. отвод присяжных peremptory challenge principal challenge Syn: challenge to the polls
    4) мед. введение в организм вещества, провоцирующего выделение (обычно большого количества) антител
    2. гл.
    1) выговаривать, ругать;
    призывать к ответу( за что-л.) I have never been challenged for crossing these fields. ≈ Ни разу меня не ловили за проход по этим полям.
    2) спрашивать пароль, пропуск;
    (о часовом, охраннике) спрашивать «Кто идет?» On any one approaching his post, he must challenge them by the words «Who comes there?» ≈ Когда кто-либо приближается к посту, он должен обратиться к нему со словами «Кто идет»?
    3) (о собаке) подавать голос при взятии следа
    4) юр. давать отвод (присяжному, свидетелю, свидетельскому показанию и т.п.) ;
    не принимать дело к рассмотрению Anybody may challenge on the ground that so and so is unfit. ≈ Любой может дать отвод на том основании, что то-то и то-то не имеет отношения к делу.
    5) ставить под вопрос, оспаривать;
    призывать к рассмотрению As a temporary measure, I do not presume to challenge its wisdom. ≈ Я предпочитаю не оспаривать разумность этой меры постольку, поскольку она временная.
    6) архаич. требовать( звания, места;
    внимания, уважения и т. п.) ;
    архаич. иметь «природное» право на что-л. I challenge no thanks for what I publish. ≈ Я не прошу благодарности за то, что публикую. Horace challenges superiority above all the poets. ≈ Гораций превосходит всех поэтов.
    7) бросать вызов, вызывать( также переносные употребления) ;
    провоцировать, «просить»;
    ист. вызывать на дуэль We are challenged to produce a precedent. ≈ Они поставили нас перед необходимостью привести прецедент. He challenges controversy in every possible way. ≈ Хочется противоречить ему во всем, чем только можно.
    8) делать иньекцию типа challenge
    1.
    4)
    вызов (на состязание) ;
    — to launch a * against smb. бросить кому-л вызов;
    — to meet the * принять вызов вызов на дуэль;
    картель;
    — to address a * to smb. послать кому-л вызов;
    — to have a * delivered by a second послать вызов через секунданта сомнение;
    постановка под вопрос;
    — to bring smth. into * поставить что-л под сомнение;
    бросить тень сомнения на что-л;
    — to bring smb.’s title into * оспаривать чье-л право;
    — a * of the premises of an arguments (логика) возражения против предпосылок рассуждения испытание, проба сил;
    напряжение сил;
    нечто требующее мужества, труда;
    — my new job is not easy but it’s a * моя новая работа нелегка, но для меня это будет проба сил сложная задача;
    проблема;
    — the * of a nuclear age задачи, которые ставит перед нами ядерный век;
    — to issue the * ставить задачу;
    — to meet the * оказаться на высоте (юридическое) отвод присяжного заседателя;
    — peremptory * отвод присяжных заседателей без указания причины;
    — * to the array отвод всего жюри;
    — * to the polls отвод отдельных присяжных заседателей;
    — * to the favour отвод по мотивам заинтересованности;
    — to uphold the * удовлетворить отвод возражение в ходе процесса (американизм) недопущение избирателя к голосованию (американизм) требование об аннулировании избирательного бюллетеня или результатов голосования;
    — the election of a new government was met by a * from its opponents противники нового правительства требовали считать недействительным его избрание( книжное) претензия, притязание;
    — * of superiority притязание на превосходство;
    — to lay * to smth. предъявлять претензию на что-л (морское) опознавательные (сигналы) оклик( часового) ;
    — to give the * окликать( ветеринарное) контрольное проверочное заражение вакцинированных животных (охота) лай собак, дающий знать, что они напали на след вызывать;
    бросать вызов (спортивное) вызвать на соревнование;
    — to * smb. to run a race вызывать кого-л на соревнование по бегу сомневаться;
    отрицать;
    — to * smb.’s knowledge сомневаться в чьих-л знаниях, ставить под вопрос чью-л осведомленность оспаривать, подвергать сомнению;
    — to * the accuracy of a statement оспаривать правильность утверждения;
    — to * the wisdom of a procedure выражать сомнение в целесообразность какой-л процедуры требовать (усилий) ;
    — this job will * your abilities эта работа будет испытанием ваших способностей;
    — this event *s an explanation это событие требуется объяснить отводить, давать отвод ( юридическое) отводить присяжного заседателя (юридическое) возражать( против) (американизм) давать отвод избирателю (американизм) требовать признания недействительным избирательного бюллетеня или результатов голосования (военное) откликать (о часовом) ;
    спрашивать пропуск, пароль (морское) показывать опознавательные
    challenge бросать вызов ~ возражать, оспаривать ~ возражать ~ возражение, оспаривание ~ возражения в ходе процесса ~ вызов (на состязание, дуэль и т. п.) ~ вызов ~ вызывать, бросать вызов;
    to challenge to socialist emulation вызывать на социалистическое соревнование ~ вызывать ~ давать отвод ~ юр. давать отвод присяжным ~ недопущение избирателя к голосованию ~ оклик (часового) ~ окликать (о часовом) ;
    спрашивать пароль, пропуск ~ мор. опознавательные (сигнал) ~ оспаривать;
    подвергать сомнению;
    to challenge the accuracy of a statement оспаривать правильность утверждения ~ оспаривать ~ юр. отвод (присяжных) ;
    peremptory challenge отвод без указания причины (в уголовных делах) ~ отвод ~ отвод присяжного заседателя ~ отводить присяжного заседателя ~ отрицать ~ подвергать критике ~ подвергать сомнению ~ мор. показывать опознавательные ~ постановка под вопрос ~ претензия ~ притязание ~ сложная задача, проблема ~ сомневаться, отрицать;
    the teacher challenged my knowledge учитель усомнился в моих знаниях ~ сомневаться ~ сомнение ~ спрашивать пропуск или пароль ~ ставить задачу ~ требование об аннулировании избирательного бюллетеня ~ требование об аннулировании результатов голосования ~ требование признать недействительным избирательный бюллетень ~ требование признать недействительными результаты голосования ~ требовать (внимания, уважения и т. п.) ~ требовать
    ~ for cause отвод присяжного заседателя по конкретному основанию
    ~ of juror отвод присяжного заседателя
    ~ оспаривать;
    подвергать сомнению;
    to challenge the accuracy of a statement оспаривать правильность утверждения
    ~ to jury отвод состава суда
    ~ вызывать, бросать вызов;
    to challenge to socialist emulation вызывать на социалистическое соревнование
    economic ~s экономические «вызовы» (борьба с инфляцией, уменьшающийся объем национального богатства, подлежащего распределению, интернационализация экономики) ;
    непопулярные экономические меры
    institutional ~s проблемы порождаемые созданием учреждений (централизация, отсутствие гибкости, бюрократизация)
    ~ юр. отвод (присяжных) ;
    peremptory challenge отвод без указания причины (в уголовных делах) peremptory ~ отвод без указания причины
    ~ сомневаться, отрицать;
    the teacher challenged my knowledge учитель усомнился в моих знаниях

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > challenge

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    challenge

    1) вызов, угроза

    2) сомнение, постановка под вопрос; возражение

    bring smth. into challenge

    3) претензия; притязание; требование

    lay challenge to smth.

    4) испытание, проба сил

    b) возражение в ходе процесса

    challenge smb.’s vital interests

    2) сомневаться; отрицать; оспаривать; возражать

    challenge smth.

    challenge smb.’s decision

    3) требовать (внимания, уважения и т.п.)

    b) возражать

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    English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > challenge

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    challenge

    вызов
    имя существительное:

    глагол:

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > challenge

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    challenge

    1) возражение; оспаривание | возражать; оспаривать

    2) отвод | давать отвод

    3) вызов | бросать вызов

    4) опознавательный сигнал | показывать опознавательные сигналы

    challenge for cause — 1. отвод по конкретному основанию 2. возражение, обоснованное ссылкой на конкретное обстоятельство;


    — peremptory challenge
    — principal challenge

    Англо-русский юридический словарь > challenge

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    challenge

    [‘ʧælɪnʤ]
    1.

    сущ.

    1) вызов

    to issue / send a challenge — бросить вызов

    to accept / meet / respond to / take up a challenge — принять вызов

    Challenges to fight are punishable by fine and imprisonment. — Вызовы на поединок караются штрафом и лишением свободы.

    Syn:

    2) сложная задача, проблема

    formidable / real challenge — настоящий вызов, истинное испытание

    It was a challenge just to survive. — Даже просто выжить было подвигом.

    It was a challenge to our very existence. — Само наше существование было поставлено на карту.

    4)

    мор.

    опознавательные сигналы

    5)

    охот.

    лай собаки, когда она берёт след

    6) возражение в ходе судебного процесса; оспаривание

    Any scheme may be pursued for bringing her title into challenge. — Для того, чтобы оспорить её право на собственность, можно идти на всё, что угодно.

    Syn:

    8)

    мед.

    введение в организм вещества, провоцирующего выделение антител

    2.

    гл.

    1) ставить под сомнение, оспаривать

    As a temporary measure, I do not presume to challenge its wisdom. — Я не осмеливаюсь ставить под сомнение разумность этого шага в качестве временной меры.

    2) бросать вызов, вызывать; ист. вызывать на дуэль

    We are challenged to produce a precedent. — Нас поставили перед необходимостью создать прецедент.

    3) требовать , стать испытанием

    I’m really at my best when I’m challenged. — Когда ситуация требует от меня проявить способности, я оказываюсь по-настоящему на высоте.

    The job doesn’t really challenge her. — На этой работе она не может как следует проявиться.

    On anyone approaching his post, he must challenge them by the words «Who comes there?» — При приближении кого-либо к его посту, он должен обратиться к ним со словами: «Кто идёт?»

    Counsel for the parties may challenge the array. — Представители сторон могут дать отвод всему составу коллегии присяжных.

    6)

    охот.

    подавать голос при взятии следа

    I challenge no thanks for what I publish. — Я не прошу благодарности за то, что публикую.

    Horace challenges superiority above all the poets. — Гораций превосходит всех поэтов.

    Англо-русский современный словарь > challenge

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    challenge

    n

    1) сложная задача / проблема

    2) острая проблема, стоящая перед кем-л.

    3) перспектива

    4) многообещающие возможности

    5) конкуренция; конкурент

    6) трудность; сложность

    A’s effects present a great challenge to prediction technique эффекты / влияние А существенно усложняют методику расчета;

    severe time constraints pose significant challenges during a fast-track project жесткие временные рамки создают большие трудности в процессе реализации ускоренных / форсированных строительных программ;

    as recently as a couple of years ago, fast-tracking offshore projects became the main challenge for operators and contractors всего пару лет / каких-нибудь два года назад главной проблемой как для эксплуатационников, так и для строителей стало возведение морских объектов форсированными темпами

    8) неопределенность; неясность; нерешенный вопрос

    9) требование (

    в знач.

    веление)

    10) возможность

    v

    1) ставить задачу; решать задачу

    2) подвергать критике / критическому анализу

    3) сталкиваться с трудностями

    4) усложнять

    6) пытаться опровергнуть

    что-л.

    7) конкурировать с

    English-Russian dictionary of scientific and technical difficulties vocabulary > challenge

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    challenge

    1.

    2.

    1) вызов; трудная работа, сложная проблема

    English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > challenge

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    challenge

    1) контрольное заражение

    2) (антигенный) стимул

    allergen challenge — стимуляция [иммунизация] аллергеном, аллергизация; провокация

    lethal challenge — заражение смертельными дозами, летальное инфицирование

    Англо-русский словарь по иммунологии > challenge

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    challenge

    угроза; вызов; задача, проблема; рлк. запрос; опознавание принадлежности; оклик

    English-Russian military dictionary > challenge

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    challenge

    English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > challenge

  • Now we are in the process of restructuring ISI� The present leadership of ISI is very clear that this challenge is our challenge� if there are opinions that need to be expressed, they should not be done through the media. ❋ Unknown (2009)

    I would make it a timed skill challenge, in which the players have to score [Number of players x 2] successes in three rounds (this is close enough to a complexity = [number of players] skill challenge*). ❋ Rechan (2009)

    Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manager, appeared to concede after the loss at City, which cast them 12 points off the top of the table, that a title challenge was beyond them and feels as if the battle for supremacy in London is the more realistic challenge. ❋ Unknown (2011)

    Wenger insists that his own team’s belief should be high because although their title challenge has faltered in recent weeks Arsenal have not been playing badly. ❋ Unknown (2011)

    City beat Bayern with goals from David Silva in the 37th minute and Yaya Touré seven minutes after the break confirming the win, but Mancini must now lift his squad for the lesser European club competition while maintaining a title challenge in which they lead United by five points. ❋ Unknown (2011)

    The main challenge is finding and editing good stories. ❋ Unknown (2009)

    But for our title challenge to continue to be alive we will have to continue to be competent. ❋ Unknown (2011)

    Sustaining a title challenge means coping with finishing-line fever and the approach of teams who set out to sicken in the way that Wolverhampton Wanderers did here. ❋ Unknown (2012)

    Steven Pienaar has said he does not regret leaving the title challenge at Tottenham Hotspur for a return «home» to Everton, but believes he faces a challenge to regain acceptance at Goodison Park having quit the club 13 months ago. ❋ Unknown (2012)

    Today, the main challenge is that I keep hitting the «Enter» key when I mean to hit «Shift.» ❋ Unknown (2008)

    Hughes has had only 15 official «days off» – suspensions for riding offences – this year, which is one reason why he has maintained his title challenge into September. ❋ Unknown (2010)

    The main challenge is not to make people read more sf as opposed to fantasy (it’s not going to happen), but to keep people reading and make them read more as opposed to absorbing other forms of entertaintment. ❋ Lou Anders (2006)

    Take Iraq: America’s main challenge is not that people are reluctant to discuss their good ideas for speedy progress toward a stable society and a quick removal of U.S. troops. ❋ Unknown (2005)

    For Cirrus the main challenge is a continuing struggle to raise working capital. ❋ Unknown (2001)

    It is form which has prompted premature talk of Liverpool being able to mount a title challenge next season — a scenario which would have been met with ridicule at the turn of the year. ❋ Unknown (2011)

    We are having some challenges with our [computers], all [data] for the last three [days] was lost and cannot be restored. ❋ MBAsSuck (2006)

    1.
    Nick: «What’s up, how was the club last night after I left?»
    [TJ]: «Oh man, you [shoulda] stayed…right after you left, I hooked up with like 8 chicks, and they all came back to my place!»
    Nick: «CHALLENGE!»
    2.
    Danny: «Yo kid, I just drank a whole [bottle of Jack]!»
    Chorus: «CHALLENGE!» ❋ ABSTRAKT (2005)

    Friend 1: Come on, we [gotta go]
    Friend 2: I [call Shot] gun
    Friend 3: [Challenge]! ❋ Merkin (2006)

    1. [Hey guys]! [Hows] challenges?
    2. Correct me [if I’m] wrong, but are you asking for a challenge? ❋ Violinist (2006)

    [Stinkoman] says, «ARE YOU [ASKING] FOR A [CHALLENGE]?!» ❋ The Man2 (2005)

    challenge: straight up
    guy 1: dude that chick over there is hot.
    guy 2: you should go over there and CHALLENGE!challenge: with [assist]
    guy 1: hey chuck, [fill in the blank]. i _______ you to a [dual].
    guy 2: is it by any chance, CHALLENGE! ❋ Dylan W (2008)

    «hey man, [how far] did you get in the challenge [last year]?»
    «[30 seconds], what about you?» ❋ Thechallengewascompleted (2013)

    I had a very challenging childhood. My parents pushed me through school and out into [the real world] without giving me an [ounce] of [real love]. ❋ D.S. Credito (2015)

    Person 1: that guy is a [retard]!
    Person 2: You cant [say that] word [anymore]. He is a challenger. ❋ Jonesberger (2019)

    Everyone born prior to the [Reagan Administration] knows where they were when they heard [the Challenger] has exploded. It was the most tragic disaster related to space [exploration] the world had ever seen. ❋ TwentyFive (2011)

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Challenge may refer to:

    • Voter challenging or caging, a method of challenging the registration status of voters
    • Euphemism for disability
    • Peremptory challenge, a dismissal of potential jurors from jury duty

    Places[edit]

    Geography[edit]

    • Challenge, California, an unincorporated community
    • Challenge-Brownsville, California, a census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States

    Structures[edit]

    • Challenge Stadium, former name of Perth Superdrome, a sports complex in Perth, Australia

    Books and publications[edit]

    • Challenge (anarchist periodical), American anarchist weekly tabloid, 1938–1939
    • Challenge (Communist journal), British Young Communist League magazine, and also the name of the newspaper of the communist Progressive Labor Party (USA)
    • Challenge (game magazine), a role-playing game magazine
    • Challenge (economics magazine), a magazine covering economic affairs
    • Challenge (Bulldog Drummond), a Bulldog Drummond novel by H. C. McNeile
    • Challenges (magazine), a French language weekly business magazine
    • Challenge (1923), a novel by Vita Sackville-West

    Film and TV[edit]

    Film[edit]

    • Challenge (1984 film), Telugu film
    • Challenge (2009 film), Bengali film
    • Challenges (film), a 2011 Sri Lankan film
    • Challenge 2, a 2012 Bengali film
    • Challenge (2012 film)
    • Challenge (2017 film)
    • The Challenge (2022 film)

    Television[edit]

    • Challenge (TV channel), a British television channel
    • The Challenge (TV series)
    • Food Network Challenge, competitive cooking television series

    Games[edit]

    • Challenge (Scrabble), an element of the word game

    Music[edit]

    • Challenge (album), a 1969 album by Yuya Uchida & The Flowers
    • The Challenge (album), a 1968 Hampton Hawes recording
    • Challenge Records (disambiguation), multiple record labels

    Transportation[edit]

    • Challenge (cycle and car), an early British manufacturer of cycles and cars
    • Challenge 67, a yacht
    • MS Challenge, a ferry

    Sports[edit]

    • Challenge (competition), when a challenger requests to compete against a champion with the title at stake
    • Challenge match, a type of exhibition game not part of a wider tournament or series
    • Coach’s challenge (disambiguation), when a coach requests the officials review a play or call

    Tourist plane contests[edit]

    • Challenge International de Tourisme 1929
    • International Touring Competition 1930
    • Challenge International de Tourisme 1932
    • Challenge International de Tourisme 1934

    Brands[edit]

    • Challenge (company), a New Zealand petroleum brand
    • Challenge, an electronics company in the United Kingdom owned by Argos (retailer)

    Other[edit]

    • Internet challenge, Internet memes in the form of challenges
    • Challenge (literature), an attempt to remove or restrict access to literary materials
    • Challenge coin
    • SGI Challenge, a family of server computers from Silicon Graphics
    • Challenge Girls Club, associated with ECyD

    See also[edit]

    • Challenge Cup (disambiguation)
    • Challenge–response authentication in computer security, a component of client authentication in some systems
    • The Challenge (disambiguation)
    • Challenger (disambiguation)
    • All pages with titles beginning with Challenge

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    [ chal-inj ]

    / ˈtʃæl ɪndʒ /

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    noun

    a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.

    something that by its nature or character serves as a call to battle, contest, special effort, etc.: Space exploration offers a challenge to humankind.

    a call to fight, as a battle, a duel, etc.

    a demand to explain, justify, etc.: a challenge to the treasurer to itemize expenditures.

    difficulty in a job or undertaking that is stimulating to one engaged in it.

    Military. the demand of a sentry for identification or a countersign.

    Law. a formal objection to the qualifications of a particular juror, to that juror serving, or to the legality of an entire jury.Compare peremptory challenge.

    the assertion that a vote is invalid or that a voter is not legally qualified.

    Biology. the process of inducing or assessing physiological or immunological activity by exposing an organism to a specific substance.

    Hunting. the crying of a hound on finding a scent.

    verb (used with object), chal·lenged, chal·leng·ing.

    to summon to a contest of skill, strength, etc.

    to take exception to; call in question: to challenge the wisdom of a procedure.

    to demand as something due or rightful.

    Military. to halt and demand identification or countersign from.

    Law. to take formal exception to (a juror or jury).

    to have a claim to; invite; arouse; stimulate: a matter which challenges attention.

    to assert that (a vote) is invalid.

    to assert that (a voter) is not qualified to vote.

    to expose an organism to a specific substance in order to assess its physiological or immunological activity.

    Archaic. to lay claim to.

    verb (used without object), chal·lenged, chal·leng·ing.

    to make or issue a challenge.

    Hunting. (of hounds) to cry or give tongue on picking up the scent.

    adjective

    donated or given by a private, corporate, or government benefactor on condition that the recipient raise an additional specified amount from the public: a challenge grant.

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    Origin of challenge

    First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English chalenge, from Old French, variant of chalonge, from Latin calumnia “false statement”; see calumny

    historical usage of challenge

    The English verb challenge comes from Middle English kalange(n), chalenge(n) “to accuse, claim,” which comes from the Old French verb calonger, calanger, chalonger, chalanger (with still more variants) “to protest, complain,” from Latin calumniārī “to bring false accusations, interpret wrongly, misrepresent, criticize unfairly,” itself a derivation of the noun calumnia, with legal meanings “false accusation, false claim, false pretenses, the making of unfounded objections, trickery.” (The Old French noun chalenge, chalonge is a regular development of Latin calumnia: the cluster -mni- becomes -nge in French, as Latin somnium “dream” becomes Old French songe with the same meaning.)
    Latin calumnia is the direct source of calumny, “a false and malicious statement,” so calumny and challenge are doublets (words deriving ultimately from the same source). In fact, an earlier, now obsolete meaning of challenge was “an accusation or false claim.”
    The legal sense of challenge, “to object to (a juror or evidence),” dates from the 16th century. The verb sense “to summon someone to a fight or a duel” first appears in Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost (1598).

    OTHER WORDS FROM challenge

    chal·lenge·a·ble, adjectivepre·chal·lenge, verb (used with object), pre·chal·lenged, pre·chal·leng·ing.re·chal·lenge, verb (used with object), re·chal·lenged, re·chal·leng·ing.un·chal·lenge·a·ble, adjective

    un·chal·lenge·a·bly, adverb

    Words nearby challenge

    chalk stripe, chalk talk, chalk up, chalky, challah, challenge, challenged, challenger, Challenger Deep, challenging, challis

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    Words related to challenge

    objection, protest, test, threat, ask for, assert, call for, claim, confront, defy, demand, denounce, impose, require, try, confrontation, dare, defiance, demur, interrogation

    How to use challenge in a sentence

    • The federal government reacted by increasing prison sentences, making it harder to challenge wrongful convictions, enabling police searches and seizures, and enacting strict criminal codes.

    • That concept—of delineating work and home as the two spaces coalesce—is ultimately the challenge of videoconferencing during a pandemic.

    • It’s unclear if the union will challenge that start date if its criteria aren’t met.

    • For that reason, the researchers still like the idea of an iron patch, and they describe some research identifying the challenges and working toward solutions.

    • What we have learned is to work collaboratively like never before, to challenge our thinking, and to accelerate the drug development process.

    • Harris is unlikely to see a challenge from Villaraigosa, either.

    • Whatever the FBI says, the truthers will create alternative hypotheses that try to challenge the ‘official story.’

    • The island faces an environmental challenge of huge proportions.

    • Less than six hours later, the FARC potentially came good on the challenge.

    • The government has blocked every opportunity to challenge this case on its merits.

    • I know that in putting this before you I challenge some of the most popular affectations of cultivated people.

    • He even fancied that something of challenge flashed from her, though without definite words or gesture.

    • Hilda impetuously turned her head; their glances met for an instant, in suspicion, challenge, animosity.

    • The challenge was accepted and the hay-wagon driven round and the trial commenced.

    • In a flash Isabel had responded with a challenge of appeal, which that accomplished dame was quick to understand.

    British Dictionary definitions for challenge


    verb (mainly tr)

    to invite or summon (someone to do something, esp to take part in a contest)

    (also intr) to call (something) into question; dispute

    to make demands on; stimulatethe job challenges his ingenuity

    to order (a person) to halt and be identified or to give a password

    law to make formal objection to (a juror or jury)

    to lay claim to (attention, etc)

    (intr) hunting (of a hound) to cry out on first encountering the scent of a quarry

    to inject (an experimental animal immunized with a test substance) with disease microorganisms to test for immunity to the disease

    noun

    a call to engage in a fight, argument, or contest

    a questioning of a statement or fact; a demand for justification or explanation

    a demanding or stimulating situation, career, object, etc

    a demand by a sentry, watchman, etc, for identification or a password

    US an assertion that a person is not entitled to vote or that a vote is invalid

    law a formal objection to a person selected to serve on a jury (challenge to the polls) or to the whole body of jurors (challenge to the array)

    Derived forms of challenge

    challengeable, adjectivechallenger, noun

    Word Origin for challenge

    C13: from Old French chalenge, from Latin calumnia calumny

    Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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    chal·lenge

     (chăl′ənj)

    n.

    1.

    a. A call to engage in a contest, fight, or competition: a challenge to a duel.

    b. An act or statement of defiance; a call to confrontation: a challenge to the government’s authority.

    2. A demand for explanation or justification; a calling into question: a challenge to a theory.

    3. A sentry’s call to an unknown party for proper identification.

    4. A test of one’s abilities or resources in a demanding but stimulating undertaking: a career that offers a challenge.

    5. A claim that a vote is invalid or that a voter is unqualified.

    6. Law

    a. A formal objection to the inclusion of a prospective juror in a jury.

    b. A legal case testing the validity of an action taken, particularly by the government.

    7. Immunology The induction or evaluation of an immune response in an organism by administration of a specific antigen to which it has been sensitized.

    v. chal·lenged, chal·leng·ing, chal·leng·es

    v.tr.

    1.

    a. To call to engage in a contest, fight, or competition: challenged me to a game of chess.

    b. To invite with defiance; dare: challenged him to contradict her.

    c. To confront or struggle with (something) as a test of one’s abilities: rafters challenging the rapids.

    2. To take exception to; call into question; dispute: a book that challenges established beliefs.

    3. To order to halt and be identified, as by a sentry.

    4. Law

    a. To take formal objection to (a prospective juror).

    b. To bring a legal case testing the validity of an action, particularly by the government.

    5. To question the qualifications of (a voter) or the validity of (a vote).

    6. To have due claim to; call for: events that challenge our attention.

    7. To summon to action, effort, or use; stimulate: a problem that challenges the imagination.

    8. Immunology To induce or evaluate an immune response in (an organism) by administering a specific antigen to which it has been sensitized.

    v.intr.

    1. To make or give voice to a challenge.

    2. To begin barking upon picking up the scent. Used of hunting dogs.


    [Middle English chalenge, from Old French, from Latin calumnia, trickery, false accusation; see calumny. V., Middle English chalengen, from Old French chalangier, from Latin calumniārī, from calumnia.]


    chal′lenge·a·ble adj.

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    challenge

    (ˈtʃælɪndʒ)

    vb (mainly tr)

    1. to invite or summon (someone to do something, esp to take part in a contest)

    2. (also intr) to call (something) into question; dispute

    3. to make demands on; stimulate: the job challenges his ingenuity.

    4. (Military) to order (a person) to halt and be identified or to give a password

    5. (Law) law to make formal objection to (a juror or jury)

    6. to lay claim to (attention, etc)

    7. (Hunting) (intr) hunting (of a hound) to cry out on first encountering the scent of a quarry

    8. (Veterinary Science) to inject (an experimental animal immunized with a test substance) with disease microorganisms to test for immunity to the disease

    n

    9. a call to engage in a fight, argument, or contest

    10. a questioning of a statement or fact; a demand for justification or explanation

    11. a demanding or stimulating situation, career, object, etc

    12. (Military) a demand by a sentry, watchman, etc, for identification or a password

    13. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US an assertion that a person is not entitled to vote or that a vote is invalid

    14. (Law) law a formal objection to a person selected to serve on a jury (challenge to the polls) or to the whole body of jurors (challenge to the array)

    [C13: from Old French chalenge, from Latin calumnia calumny]

    ˈchallengeable adj

    ˈchallenger n

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    chal•lenge

    (ˈtʃæl ɪndʒ)

    n., v. -lenged, -leng•ing. n.

    1. a summons to engage in contest, as of skill or strength.

    2. something that by its nature or character serves as a serious test: Space exploration offers a challenge to humankind.

    3. a call to fight, as in a duel.

    4. a demand to explain, justify, etc.

    5. difficulty in a job or undertaking that is stimulating to one engaged in it.

    6. the demand of a military sentry for identification or a countersign.

    7. a formal objection to the qualifications of a juror or jury.

    8. the assertion that a vote is invalid or that a voter is not legally qualified.

    9. the assessment of a specific function in an organism by exposing it to a provocative substance or activity.

    v.t.

    10. to summon to a contest.

    11. to take exception to; call in question.

    12. to demand as something due or rightful.

    13. to halt and demand identification or a countersign from.

    14. to take formal exception to (a juror or jury).

    15. to invite; arouse: a matter which challenges attention.

    16. to assert that (a vote) is invalid.

    17. to assert that (a voter) is not qualified to vote.

    18. to inject (an organism) with a specific substance to assess its physiological or immunological activity.

    v.i.

    19. to issue a challenge.

    [1175–1225; Middle English chalenge < Old French chalonge < Latin calumnia calumny]

    chal′lenge•a•ble, adj.

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    challenge

    Any process carried out by one unit or person with the object of ascertaining the friendly or hostile character or identity of another. See also countersign; password.

    Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

    challenge

    Past participle: challenged
    Gerund: challenging

    Imperative
    challenge
    challenge
    Present
    I challenge
    you challenge
    he/she/it challenges
    we challenge
    you challenge
    they challenge
    Preterite
    I challenged
    you challenged
    he/she/it challenged
    we challenged
    you challenged
    they challenged
    Present Continuous
    I am challenging
    you are challenging
    he/she/it is challenging
    we are challenging
    you are challenging
    they are challenging
    Present Perfect
    I have challenged
    you have challenged
    he/she/it has challenged
    we have challenged
    you have challenged
    they have challenged
    Past Continuous
    I was challenging
    you were challenging
    he/she/it was challenging
    we were challenging
    you were challenging
    they were challenging
    Past Perfect
    I had challenged
    you had challenged
    he/she/it had challenged
    we had challenged
    you had challenged
    they had challenged
    Future
    I will challenge
    you will challenge
    he/she/it will challenge
    we will challenge
    you will challenge
    they will challenge
    Future Perfect
    I will have challenged
    you will have challenged
    he/she/it will have challenged
    we will have challenged
    you will have challenged
    they will have challenged
    Future Continuous
    I will be challenging
    you will be challenging
    he/she/it will be challenging
    we will be challenging
    you will be challenging
    they will be challenging
    Present Perfect Continuous
    I have been challenging
    you have been challenging
    he/she/it has been challenging
    we have been challenging
    you have been challenging
    they have been challenging
    Future Perfect Continuous
    I will have been challenging
    you will have been challenging
    he/she/it will have been challenging
    we will have been challenging
    you will have been challenging
    they will have been challenging
    Past Perfect Continuous
    I had been challenging
    you had been challenging
    he/she/it had been challenging
    we had been challenging
    you had been challenging
    they had been challenging
    Conditional
    I would challenge
    you would challenge
    he/she/it would challenge
    we would challenge
    you would challenge
    they would challenge
    Past Conditional
    I would have challenged
    you would have challenged
    he/she/it would have challenged
    we would have challenged
    you would have challenged
    they would have challenged

    Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

    ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

    Noun 1. challenge - a demanding or stimulating situationchallenge — a demanding or stimulating situation; «they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power»

    situation, state of affairs — the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; «the present international situation is dangerous»; «wondered how such a state of affairs had come about»; «eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation»- Franklin D.Roosevelt

    2. challenge — a call to engage in a contest or fight

    speech act — the use of language to perform some act

    dare, daring — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; «he could never refuse a dare»

    confrontation — a bold challenge

    call-out — a challenge to a fight or duel

    defiance — a hostile challenge

    calling into question, demand for explanation — a challenge to defend what someone has said

    demand for identification — as by a sentry

    gantlet, gauntlet — to offer or accept a challenge; «threw down the gauntlet»; «took up the gauntlet»

    3. challenge — questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; «his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy»

    inquiring, questioning — a request for information

    4. challenge — a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

    objection — the speech act of objecting

    5. challenge — a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

    demand — an urgent or peremptory request; «his demands for attention were unceasing»

    Verb 1. challenge — take exception to; «She challenged his claims»

    dispute, gainsay

    call — challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; «call the speaker on a question of fact»

    call — challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; «He deserves to be called on that»

    contest, repugn, contend — to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; «They contested the outcome of the race»

    2. challenge — issue a challenge to; «Fischer challenged Spassky to a match»

    invite, bid — ask someone in a friendly way to do something

    provoke, stimulate — provide the needed stimulus for

    counterchallenge — challenge in turn; «The authentication was counterchallenged»

    call into question, oppugn, question — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; «We must question your judgment in this matter»

    impeach — challenge the honesty or veracity of; «the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses»

    impugn — attack as false or wrong

    dare, defy — challenge; «I dare you!»

    call one’s bluff — ask to prove what someone is claiming; «John called Mary’s bluff when she claimed she could prove the theorem in under an hour»

    call out — challenge to a duel; «Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton»

    remand, send back, remit — refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

    appeal — take a court case to a higher court for review; «He was found guilty but appealed immediately»

    action, sue, litigate, process — institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; «He was warned that the district attorney would process him»; «She actioned the company for discrimination»

    litigate — engage in legal proceedings

    3. challenge — ask for identification; «The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard»

    call for, request, bespeak, quest — express the need or desire for; ask for; «She requested an extra bed in her room»; «She called for room service»

    4. challenge — raise a formal objection in a court of law

    take exception

    law, jurisprudence — the collection of rules imposed by authority; «civilization presupposes respect for the law»; «the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order»

    object — express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; «She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with»; «When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver’s license»

    appeal — challenge (a decision); «She appealed the verdict»

    Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

    challenge

    noun

    1. dare, provocation, summons to contest I like a challenge, and they don’t come much bigger than this.

    verb

    3. test, try, tax a task that would challenge his courage

    Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

    challenge

    noun

    1. An act of taunting another to do something bold or rash:

    2. Behavior or an act that is intentionally provocative:

    3. The act of expressing strong or reasoned opposition:

    verb

    1. To call on another to do something requiring boldness:

    2. To confront boldly and courageously:

    3. To come near, as in quality or amount:

    4. To express opposition, often by argument:

    5. To take a stand against:

    The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

    Translations

    اسْتِدْعاءٌ للمُبارَزَهتـَحَدٍّتَحَدٍّ، طَعْنٌ في صَلاحِيَّةيَتَحَدَّىيَدْعو للمُبارَزَه، يَتَحَدّى

    výzvavyzvatzpochybnitnáročný úkolpochybování

    udfordreudfordringanfægteanfægtelsedragen i tvivl

    haastejääviesteellisyysperustehaastaa

    izazovizazvati

    kérdõre vonkétségbevonáskihívás

    áskorunskora ávéfengingvéfengja, rengja

    挑戦挑戦する

    도전도전하다

    daug pastangų reikalaujantisginčytiiškviestiiškvietimasiššūkis

    apstrīdēšanaapstrīdētizaicinājumsizaicināt

    spochybnenie

    izzivizzvati

    utmanautmaning

    การท้าทายท้าทาย

    sự thách thứcthách thức

    Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

    Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

    challenge

    Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

    Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

    challenge

    (ˈtʃӕlindʒ) verb

    1. to ask (someone) to take part in a contest. He challenged his brother to a round of golf.

    2. to question (someone’s authority or right, the truth of a statement etc).

    noun

    1. an invitation to a contest. He accepted his brother’s challenge to a fight.

    2. the act of questioning someone’s right, a statement etc.

    ˈchallenger nounˈchallenging adjective

    demanding effort; difficult. a challenging job/idea.

    Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

    challenge

    تـَحَدٍّ, يَتَحَدَّى náročný úkol, zpochybnit udfordre, udfordring herausfordern, Herausforderung προκαλώ, πρόκληση cuestionar, desafiar, desafío haastaa, haaste défi, lancer un défi izazov, izazvati sfida, sfidare 挑戦, 挑戦する 도전, 도전하다 uitdagen, uitdaging utfordre, utfordring wyzwać, wyzwanie desafiar, desafio вызов, оспаривать utmana, utmaning การท้าทาย, ท้าทาย meydan okumak, zorluk sự thách thức, thách thức 挑战

    Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

    challenge

    n desafío, reto; provocación f; methacholine — provocación con metacolina

    English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

    Other forms: challenged; challenges; challenging

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

    Challenge, as a verb, is derived from a Latin word meaning «to accuse falsely,» and it is still used much as it was in the 13th century, in the sense of questioning whether something is true or right. Students sometimes challenge a weeknight curfew, and lawyers might challenge the evidence submitted by the other side in a lawsuit. Challenge is also used as a noun for a competition in which people challenge one another to prove that they’re the best at something.

    Definitions of challenge

    1. noun

      a call to engage in a contest or fight

    2. verb

      issue a challenge to

      “Fischer
      challenged Spassky to a match”

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      types:

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      provoke, stimulate

      provide the needed stimulus for

      counterchallenge

      challenge in turn

      call into question, oppugn, question

      challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

      impeach

      challenge the honesty or veracity of

      impugn

      attack as false or wrong

      dare, defy

      challenge

      call one’s bluff

      ask to prove what someone is claiming

      call out

      challenge to a duel

      remand, remit, send back

      refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

      appeal

      take a court case to a higher court for review

      action, litigate, process, sue

      institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

      litigate

      engage in legal proceedings

      entice, lure, tempt

      provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

      rejuvenate

      cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land

      jog

      stimulate to remember

      incite, instigate, set off, stir up

      provoke or stir up

      brazen

      face with defiance or impudence

      expedite

      process fast and efficiently

      agitate, foment, stir up

      try to stir up (e.g., public opinion)

      type of:

      bid, invite

      ask someone in a friendly way to do something

    3. “She
      challenged his claims”

      synonyms:

      dispute, gainsay

      see moresee less

      types:

      call

      challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of

      call

      challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense

      type of:

      contend, contest, repugn

      make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

    4. noun

      questioning a statement and demanding an explanation

      “his
      challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy”

    5. verb

      raise a formal objection in a court of law

      synonyms:

      take exception

      see moresee less

      types:

      appeal

      challenge (a decision)

      type of:

      object

      express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent

    6. noun

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

    7. noun

      a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

    8. verb

      ask for identification

    9. noun

      a demanding or stimulating situation

      “they reacted irrationally to the
      challenge of Russian power”

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