challenge
A confrontation; a dareA confrontation; a dare.: An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
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» This problem is a real challenge.
Dieses Problem ist wirklich eine Herausforderung. — MikeMolto
Эта задача — настоящий вызов. — sharptoothed
Эта проблема - настоящий вызов. — marafon
Ця проблема — це дуже цікава задача. — deniko
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Examples
707 sentencesThis problem is a real challenge.
Ця проблема — це дуже цікава задача. — deniko
ruЭта задача — настоящий вызов. — sharptoothed
deDieses Problem ist wirklich eine Herausforderung. — MikeMolto
Are you up for the challenge?
Хочеш складну задачу? — deniko
Are you up to the challenge?
Ти готовий до важкого завдання? — deniko
Meaning
12 sensesA confrontation; a dare.
An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
Herausforderung
вы́зовvýzov
ви́кликvýklyk
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.
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
Herausforderung, (schwierige) Aufgabe
вы́зовvýzov, испыта́ниеispytánije, сло́жная зада́чаslóžnaja zadáča
ви́кликvýklyk, складна́ задача́skladná zadačá, пробле́маprobléma
More meanings 9
A procedure or action.
The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
A confrontation; a dare.
A bid to overcome something.
a challenge to the king's authority
A procedure or action.
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.
A confrontation; a dare.
An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
A procedure or action.
(US)An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
A procedure or action.
(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.
Origin
From Middle English chalenge, variant with palatalization of Middle English kalange (“an aFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: challenges| Singular | challenge |
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regular
Word family
31 related wordsCollocations
6 patterns- likes a challenge
- be a challenge
- enjoyed the challenge
- accept the challenge
- big challenge
- for the challenge
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.