challenge
English
Etymology
From Old French chalonge, chalenge, from Latin calumnia.
Pronunciation
Noun
challenge (plural challenges)
- An instigation or antagonization intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- A bid to overcome something.
- a challenge to the king's authority
- 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, 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.
- (law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of the case for which he or she should not be allowed to sit the case, e.g. a conflict of interest.
- Consanguinity in direct line is a challenge for a judge when he or she is sitting cases.
- (law) The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- (law) 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.
- (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle
- 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, BBC Sport:
- Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low.
- 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, BBC Sport:
Translations
that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not
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difficult task
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Judge's interest in the result of the case for which s/he should not be allowed to sit the case
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Verb
challenge (third-person singular simple present challenges, present participle challenging, simple past and past participle challenged)
- To invite someone to take part in a competition.
- To dare someone.
- To dispute something.
- (law) To make a formal objection to a juror.
Translations
to invite someone to take part in a competition
to dare someone
to dispute something
to make a formal objection to a juror
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Related terms
- challenging
- challenger
- dechallenge
- rechallenge