Challenge vs. Challenging
Challengenoun
A confrontation; a dare.
Challengenoun
An instigation or antagonization intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
Challengenoun
A bid to overcome something.
Challengenoun
(sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle
Challengenoun
A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
Challengenoun
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.
Challengenoun
An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
Challengenoun
A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
Challengenoun
(legal) A procedure or action.
Challengenoun
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.
Challengenoun
The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
Challengenoun
The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
Challengenoun
(US) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
Challengenoun
(hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
Challengeverb
To invite someone to take part in a competition.
Challengeverb
To dare someone.
Challengeverb
To dispute something.
Challengeverb
(legal) To make a formal objection to a juror.
Challengeverb
(obsolete) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
Challengeverb
(obsolete) To censure; to blame.
Challengeverb
(military) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
Challengeverb
(US) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
Challengeverb
To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
Challengenoun
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.
Challengenoun
The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign.
Challengenoun
A claim or demand.
Challengenoun
The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
Challengenoun
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.
Challengenoun
An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
Challengeverb
To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.
Challengeverb
To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat.
Challengeverb
To claim as due; to demand as a right.
Challengeverb
To censure; to blame.
Challengeverb
To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with "Who comes there?"
Challengeverb
To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
Challengeverb
To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court.
Challengeverb
To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter.
Challengeverb
To assert a right; to claim a place.
Challengenoun
a demanding or stimulating situation;
Challengenoun
a call to engage in a contest or fight
Challengenoun
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation;
Challengenoun
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
Challengenoun
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
Challengeverb
take exception to;
Challengeverb
issue a challenge to;
Challengeverb
ask for identification;
Challengeverb
raise a formal objection in a court of law
Challengenoun
a call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength
Challengenoun
a task or situation that tests someone's abilities
Challengenoun
an attempt to win a contest or championship in a sport
Challengenoun
a call to prove or justify something
Challengenoun
a guard's call for a password or other proof of identity
Challengenoun
an objection regarding the eligibility or suitability of a jury member.
Challengenoun
exposure of the immune system to pathogenic organisms or antigens
Challengeverb
dispute the truth or validity of
Challengeverb
object to (a jury member)
Challengeverb
(of a guard) order (someone) to prove their identity
Challengeverb
invite (someone) to engage in a contest
Challengeverb
enter into competition with or opposition against.
Challengeverb
make a rival claim to or threaten someone's hold on (a position)
Challengeverb
invite (someone) to do or say something that one thinks will be difficult or impossible
Challengeverb
make demands on; prove testing to
Challengeverb
expose (the immune system) to pathogenic organisms or antigens.
Challengingadjective
Difficult, hard to do.
Challengingnoun
The act of making a challenge.
Challenging
requiring full use of one's abilities or resources; as, challenging task.
Challenging
disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.
Challengingadjective
requiring full use of your abilities or resources;
Challengingadjective
stimulating interest or thought;
Challengingadjective
disturbingly provocative;
