CHALLENGE
\t͡ʃˈalɪnd͡ʒ], \tʃˈalɪndʒ], \tʃ_ˈa_l_ɪ_n_dʒ]\
Definitions of CHALLENGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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take exception to; "She challenged his claims"
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a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
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a call to engage in a contest or fight
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a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"
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ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"
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issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
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questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"
By Princeton University
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take exception to; "She challenged his claims"
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questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "he challenged the assumption that Japan is our enemy"
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a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
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a call to engage in a contest or fight
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a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"
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ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"
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issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
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The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign.
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A claim or demand.
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The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
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An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause.
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An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
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To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.
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To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat.
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To censure; to blame.
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To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
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To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court.
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To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter.
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To assert a right; to claim a place.
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To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with Who comes there?
By Oddity Software
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An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
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The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign.
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A claim or demand.
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The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
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An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause.
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An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
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To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.
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To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat.
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To censure; to blame.
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To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
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To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court.
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To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter.
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To assert a right; to claim a place.
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To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with Who comes there?
By Noah Webster.
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An invitation to a contest; especially, a summons to fight; the demand of a countersign by a soldier on sentry duty.
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To summon to a contest; take exception to; as, to challenge the truth of a statement; to demand the countersign from.
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Challenger.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Challenger.
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To dare; invite; defy; claim; question; call out to a duel; dispute; object to.
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A call or defiance; summons to a duel; objection, as to a voter.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A defiance or summons to fight a duel; an invitation to a contest of any kind; the call of a sentinel; the calling in question of a person's right; exception taken to a juror; the opening and trying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
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To defy a person by calling on him to make good his point in single combat; to call to a contest of any kind; to summon to answer; to demand a right; to object to.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To call or summon to fight; to call to answer; to call to prove an assertion; to take exception to a juror.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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