- challenge - a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"
--1 is a kind of situation, state of affairs
- challenge - a call to engage in a contest or fight
--2 is a kind of speech act
--2 has particulars:dare, daring; confrontation; call-out; defiance; calling into question, demand for explanation; demand for identification; gauntlet, gantlet Derived form: verb challenge2 - challenge - questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"
--3 is a kind of questioning, inquiring
Derived form: verb challenge1 - challenge - a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
--4 is a kind of objection
Derived form: verb challenge4 - challenge - a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
--5 is a kind of demand
Derived form: verb challenge3 - challenge - a call to engage in a contest or fight
- challenge, dispute, gainsay - take exception to; "She challenged his claims"
--1 is one way to contest, contend, repugn
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun challenge3
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
--2 is one way to invite, bid
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun challenger1, noun challenge2
They challenge him to write the letter
- challenge - ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"
--3 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun challenge5
Somebody ----s somebody
- challenge, take exception - raise a formal objection in a court of law
--4 is one way to object
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun challenge4
Somebody ----s PP