ALL meanings of challenge
chal·lenge
C c - variable noun challenge A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination. 3
- variable noun challenge A challenge to something is a questioning of its truth or value. A challenge to someone is a questioning of their authority. 3
- verb challenge If you challenge ideas or people, you question their truth, value, or authority. 3
- verb challenge If you challenge someone, you invite them to fight or compete with you in some way. 3
- verb challenge Challenge is also a noun. 3
- verb challenge If someone is challenged by a guard, they are ordered to stop and say who they are or why they are there. 3
- verb challenge to invite or summon (someone to do something, esp to take part in a contest) 3
- verb challenge to call (something) into question; dispute 3
- verb challenge to make demands on; stimulate 3
- verb challenge to order (a person) to halt and be identified or to give a password 3
- verb challenge to make formal objection to (a juror or jury) 3
- verb challenge to lay claim to (attention, etc) 3
- verb challenge (of a hound) to cry out on first encountering the scent of a quarry 3
- verb challenge to inject (an experimental animal immunized with a test substance) with disease microorganisms to test for immunity to the disease 3
- noun challenge a call to engage in a fight, argument, or contest 3
- noun challenge a questioning of a statement or fact; a demand for justification or explanation 3
- noun challenge a demanding or stimulating situation, career, object, etc 3
- noun challenge a demand by a sentry, watchman, etc, for identification or a password 3
- noun challenge an assertion that a person is not entitled to vote or that a vote is invalid 3
- noun challenge 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) 3
- noun challenge a demand for identification 3
- noun challenge a calling into question; a demanding of proof, explanation, etc. 3
- noun challenge a call or dare to take part in a duel, contest, etc. 3
- noun challenge anything, as a demanding task, that calls for special effort or dedication 3
- noun challenge an objection to a vote or to someone's right to vote 3
- noun challenge a formal objection or exception to a person who has been chosen as a prospective juror 3
- verb transitive challenge to call to a halt for identification 3
- verb transitive challenge to call to account 3
- verb transitive challenge to make objection to; call into question 3
- verb transitive challenge to call or dare to take part in a duel, contest, etc.; defy 3
- verb transitive challenge to call for; make demands on 3
- verb transitive challenge to object to (a vote) as not valid or (a prospective voter) as not qualified to vote 3
- verb transitive challenge to take formal exception to (a prospective juror) 3
- intransitive verb challenge to make, issue, or offer a challenge 3
- noun challenge Hunting. the crying of a hound on finding a scent. 1
- verb with object challenge to summon to a contest of skill, strength, etc. 1
- verb with object challenge to take exception to; call in question: to challenge the wisdom of a procedure. 1
- verb with object challenge to demand as something due or rightful. 1
- verb with object challenge Military. to halt and demand identification or countersign from. 1
- verb with object challenge Law. to take formal exception to (a juror or jury). 1
- verb with object challenge to have a claim to; invite; arouse; stimulate: a matter which challenges attention. 1
- verb with object challenge to assert that (a vote) is invalid. 1
- verb with object challenge to assert that (a voter) is not qualified to vote. 1
- verb with object challenge to expose an organism to a specific substance in order to assess its physiological or immunological activity. 1
- verb with object challenge Archaic. to lay claim to. 1
- verb without object challenge to make or issue a challenge. 1
- verb without object challenge Hunting. (of hounds) to cry or give tongue on picking up the scent. 1
- adjective challenge 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. 1
- transitive verb challenge demand 1
- transitive verb challenge question 1