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Definition: Challenge |
ChallengeNoun1. A demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power". 2. A call to engage in a contest or fight. 3. Questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "he challenged the assumption that Japan is our enemy". 4. A formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror. 5. A demand by a sentry for a password or identification. Verb1. Take exception to; "She challenged his claims". 2. Issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match". 3. Ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard". 4. Raise a formal objection in a court of law. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "challenge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Challenge \Chal"lenge\, noun. [Old English chalenge claim, accusation, challenge, Old French chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation, contest, from Latin calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See Calumny.]. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | If you are challenged to fight a duel, you will become involved in a social difficulty wherein you will be compelled to make apologies or else lose friendships. To accept a challenge of any character, denotes that you will bear many ills yourself in your endeavor to shield others from dishonor. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Military & Defense | Any process carried out by one unit or person with the object of ascertaining the friendly or hostile character or identity of another. Source: European Union. (references) |
Politics & International Affaires | Of an arbitritor, of a judge. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CHAP | English | Challenge handshake authentification protocol | N/A |
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Synonyms: ChallengeSynonyms: dispute (v), gainsay (v), take exception (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accusation | Inform against, indict, denounce, arraign; impeach, appeach; have up, show up, pull up; challenge, cite, lodge a complaint; prosecute, bring an action against; blow upon. |
Denunciation, denouncement; libel, challenge, citation, arraignment; impeachment, appeachment; indictment, bill of indictment, true bill; lawsuit; condemnation. | |
Defiance | Noun: defiance; daring & Verb:; dare; challenge, cartel; threat; war cry, war whoop. |
Challenge, call out; throw down the gauntlet, fling down the gauntlet, fling down the gage, fling down the glove, throw down the glove. | |
Dueness | Demand, claim; call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for; revendicate, reclaim; exact; insist on, insist upon; challenge; take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good; substantiate; vindicate a claim, vindicate a right; fit for, qualify for; make out a case. |
Inexpedience | Challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival. |
Inquiry | Interrogatory; interpellation; challenge, examination, cross-examination, catechism; feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy; leading question; discussion; (reasoning). |
Unbelief Doubt | Throw doubt upon, raise a question; bring in, call in question; question, challenge, dispute; deny; cavil; cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion; ergotize. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | What, you thought you needed another challenge or something (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost) Challenge him. (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz; Babaloo Mandel) Well, he who finds the Grail must face the final challenge. (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; writing credit: George Lucas; Philip Kaufman) You challenge Ogress (The Incredible Hulk; writing credit: Jack Kirby; Stan Lee) At my challenge, by the ancient laws of combat, we are met at this chosen ground, to settle for good and all who holds sway over the five points: us natives, born rightwise to this fine land, or the foreign hordes defiling it (Gangs of New York; writing credit: Jay Cocks) | |
Lyrics | Challenge what your future holds (You Gotta Be; performing artist: Des'ree) My challenge was answered in less than a heartbeat ("El Paso"; performing artist: Marty Robbins) I'm a challenge (Wonder; performing artist: Natalie Merchant) I consider it a challenge before the whole human race ("We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You"; performing artist: Queen) Rising up to the challenge of our rival (Eye Of The Tiger; performing artist: Survivor) | |
Clever | Don't limit your challenges; challenge your limits. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art (1974) Challenge (1974) She-Wasp's Challenge (1972) Sports Challenge (1971) The Challenge (1970) | |
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Schistosoma mansoni schistosomulum surrounded by numerous eosinophils at 24 hrs post challenge in a vaccinated C57Bl/6 mouse. Histopathology, parasite. Credit: CDC. | Astronomers report today that new observations from the Hubble telescope challenge 30 years of ... Credit: NASA. | ||
![]() | Members of the Air Force Space Command Defender Challenge team show their team spirit after finishing the 'Fitness Challenge' 0ct. 30 at the Defender Challenge Competition at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (P.; photo by Senior Airman Oshawn Jefferson).. | ![]() | Staff Sgt. Steven Fox, an Air National Guard Defender Challenge team member, slides down the "Tough one" obstacle during Defender Challenge Competition here, Oct. 30. (P.; photo by Senior Airman Oshawn Jefferson).. |
![]() | After completing the combat rifle portion of Defender Challenge 2000, Capt. Steve Sugiyama, from the 11th Wing at Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., ensures that all rounds issued had been fired at the ammunition declaration tent at Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 31. | ![]() | 1st Lt. Marcus Corbett, Air Force Space Command Defender Challenge team member, prepares to conquer the next obstacle after completing the "Tough One" during the Defender Challenge Competition here, Oct. 30. (P.; photo by Senior Airman Oshawn Jeffer.. |
![]() | Team members from the Air Combat Command Communications Group at Langley Air Force Base, Va., trek up a steep hill during a 6.2-mile forced march to kick off the inaugural Wilderness Challenge 2000 competition near the New River Gorge National River in We. | ![]() | Technical Sgt. Frank Lubas, 2nd Security Forces Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., observes the skill of an Air Force Special Operations Command competitor from his perch in the range safety tower during the pistol phase of Defender Challenge 2000 h. |
![]() | Agricultural Research Service scientists are helping users of American rangelands meet the challenge of managing multiple uses sustainably. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. | Interpretive panel kiosk: "Facing Winter's Challenge. Credit: Rich Ray. | |
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| "Lilacs" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "... in first morning light. Lilacs are a real challenge for me-- very hard to photograph for some reason." |
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Bruyere | High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem toward those who receive it, since it costs them neither study nor labor. |
Dorothy Day | The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us? |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author. |
Hosea Ballou | Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth the way. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat. |
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Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Except in the British Commonwealth and in the United States where Communism is in its infancy, the Communist parties or fifth columns constitute a growing challenge and peril to Christian civilization. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | Divided, there is little we can do--for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder. (reference) |
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A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | For he wished to challenge the Spirit on the moment of its appearance, and did not wish to be taken by surprise, and made nervous |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Eating then becomes a challenge. (references) | |
Stress test (oxytocin challenge test). (references) | ||
An example of such a challenge is the possibility of Chagas disease in donors. (references) | ||
Business | This remains a difficult challenge. (references) | |
Business tourism is still a challenge in the Czech market. (references) | ||
PIA is faced with the challenge of upgrading its fleet with new aircraft. (references) | ||
Children | Syria | Persons with disabilities may not legally challenge alleged instances of discrimination. (references) |
Yemen | Believing that the needs of women with disabilities were not being addressed adequately by the Handicapped Society, concerned citizens in 1998 established, with government support, the Challenge Society. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Trinidad and Tobago | There was no court challenge to the police decision. (references) |
Discrimination | Zambia | A legal challenge to these amendments in 1996 was unsuccessful. (references) |
Economic History | Chile | The price bands are under challenge in the WTO. (references) |
Moldova | Marketing products in Moldova may be a challenge. (references) | |
Human Rights | Tanzania | A detainee also is allowed to challenge the grounds for detention at 90-day intervals. (references) |
Gambia | The UDP filed a suit in the High Court to challenge the legality of the continued detention of its supporters. (references) | |
Namibia | On November 23, the High Court dismissed the magistrate's challenge and ordered him to pay the Ministry's legal costs. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Costa Rica | The Supreme Court's Constitutional Chamber rejected this challenge in January 2000. (references) |
Canada | At year's end, the court of appeals had ruled against the party challenge and held its leaders personally responsible for court costs; the Gitanyow case still was pending in the courts. (references) | |
Canada | The treaty was ratified by the Nisga'a people in 1998 and by the provincial legislature in 1999. It was debated and passed by Parliament in 1999. Although the British Columbia legislature ratified the treaty, two groups expressed their intention to challenge the treaty in court. (references) | |
Minorities | Hungary | The Romani minority poses a special challenge for the system of national minority self-governments. (references) |
Political Economy | Norway | Labor is also facing a real challenge in September from a resurgent Conservative Party. (references) |
Israel | The precarious nature of coalition politics makes the government vulnerable to challenge. (references) | |
Political Rights | Seychelles | His court challenge remained pending at year's end. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | In a legal challenge, the courts upheld this restriction in the election law. (references) | |
Tonga | Very few citizens challenge the retention of the monarchy; the King is greatly respected. (references) | |
Trade | Azerbaijan | It is estimated that over $1 billion remains in cash and outside the banking sector, representing a key challenge for the Azeri government to bring this capital into the formal banking system. (references) |
Costa Rica | An exception is used vehicles, which must arrive with vehicle emissions compliance certificates from exporting countries, authorized by a recognized consular agent under regulations implemented in 2000. This requirement is under legal challenge. (references) | |
Travel | Nicaragua | UPS has joined forces with Challenge Air Cargo, and now averages six flights a week. (references) |
Worker Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | Any worker may challenge unsafe work practices through government oversight and legal agencies. (references) |
Croatia | The Labor Code prohibits anti-union discrimination, and it expressly allows unions to challenge firings in court. (references) | |
Yemen | Workers have the right to remove themselves from dangerous work situations and may challenge dismissals in court. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SACERDOTALIST, n. One who holds the belief that a clergyman is a priest. Denial of this momentous doctrine is the hardest challenge that is now flung into the teeth of the Episcopalian church by the Neo-Dictionarians. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Card | You know, I don't know the answer to that question. But I can tell you this is a different kind of war. So when we compare it to past actions, I don't think we're doing this challenge justice. |
James Cameron | Well, they're calculated risks, but there is definitely a risk component to it. And I like the challenge. I like the technical challenge of doing hard stuff. And this is about as hard as it gets. |
Mary Tyler Moore | There are a few people like that, but I'm not one of them. I find it very difficult. But I'm never one to shirk a challenge. |
Rush Limbaugh | At least challenge Jon Corzine, senator of New Jersey, on that company's outrageous stock practices as we did in Corzine Ran Stock Chophouse. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | To produce this unity, to meet the challenge of our time, destiny has laid upon our country the responsibility of the free world's leadership. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Divided, there is little we can do--for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Next to the pursuit of peace, the really greatest challenge to the human family is the race between food supply and population increase. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Today, I ask your prayers that in the years ahead I may have God's help in making decisions that are right for America, and I pray for your help so that together we may be worthy of our challenge. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | At the end of World War II, we turned a similar challenge into an historic opportunity and, I might add, an historic achievement. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The central challenge for us today is to our steadfastedness of purpose. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Their challenge is to take irreversible steps toward democracy. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Where our schools challenge and support our kids and our teachers, and every one of them makes the grade, Where every street, every city, every school and every child is drug-free. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | America has always sought and always risen to every challenge. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | We did not ask for this present challenge, but we accept it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Challenge" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.07% of the time. "Challenge" is used about 6,133 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 77.07% | 4,727 | 2,074 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 18.76% | 1,151 | 6,671 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.01% | 246 | 19,009 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.16% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,133 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| New Zealand | Fletcher Challenge Building |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "challenge": challenge a judge for bias ♦ challenge comparison ♦ challenge cup ♦ challenge each other ♦ Challenge for favor ♦ challenge inspection ♦ challenge prize ♦ challenge smb. to a duel ♦ challenge test ♦ Challenge to the array ♦ Challenge to the favor ♦ Challenge to the polls ♦ challenge trophy ♦ most appropriate challenge conditions ♦ peremptory challenge ♦ principal challenge ♦ right to challenge ♦ throw out a challenge ♦ To challenge the array ♦ To challenge to the. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "challenge": challenge-acceptance, Challenge-Brownsville, challenge-driven, Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol, challenge-response, challenge-the, challenge-the-pro. | |
Ending with "challenge": ex-challenge, pre-challenge, reader-challenge. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "challenge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | uitdaging. (various references) | |
Albanian | vë në dyshim (dispute, impeach, impugn, question), thirrje e rojës, sfidoj (fly in the face of, outface), sfidë (dare, defiance), nxitje (abetment, cheer, countenance, dare, dig, drive, egging, encouragement, exhortation, fomentation, impetus, impulsion, incentive, incitement, inducement, instancy, instigation, kick, oestrum, oestrus, pressure, prod, prompt, prompting, stimulation, stimulus, urge), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, arouse, begrime, bring, dare, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), nuk lejoj (disallow, inhibit, interdict), ndaloj (arrest, balk, ban, bar, baulk, block, break down, cease, close down, come to a halt, debar, detain, disallow, disqualify, enjoin, estop, forbid, halt, impede, inhibit, interdict, negative, nip, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, pull up, stall, stop, tackle, withhold), mospranim (denial, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, nay, non-acceptance, objection, refusal, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, spurn), kundërshtoj (censure, combat, condemn, contest, contradict, controvert, counter, cross, demur, deprecate, discountenance, discourage, dispute, flout, fly in the face of, gainsay, impugn, kick, mind, object, oppose, oppugn, protest, react, rebel, rebuke, rebut, recalcitrate, refuse, resist, retort, set one's face against, stick to, stickle, Stonewall, take exception to), kundërshtim (censure, contradiction, contrast, demur, demurrer, deprecation, dispraise, exception, kick, objection, obtestation, opposition, protest, reaction, rebellion, rebuff, rebuttal, recalcitrance, retort, return, set down, Stonewall, stonewalling), kërkoj prova, kërkesë për fakte, ftoj në garë, ftesë për garë. (various references) | |
Arabic | هاجم (assault, attack, batter, belabour, beset, charge, contravene, dispute, hit, jump, lace, layabout, light into, mount an offensive, peck, press, prey on, prong, rush, set about, storm, strafe, strike), تحدى (affront, be provoked, be taunted, beard, brave, confront, dare, defy, fly in the face of, outface, pick a quarrel, quarrel, take on), تحد (dare, defiance, defy, gauntlet, provocation, stump), طعن قضائي (appeal, contestation), خطر (adventurous, advise, awkward, come, critical, danger, dangerous, embargo, fear, give smb. notice, hazard, importance, jeopardy, parlous, peril, perilous, poisonous, prohibition, proscription, risk, risky, unhealthy), إستأنف (continue, renew, reopen, resume), إعترض (bar, blockade, cross, demur, except, expostulate, impugn, intercept, interpose, interrupt, intervene, object, object to, obstruct, oppose, protest, remonstrate, stop, take exception to, traverse), أوقف (arrest, arrested, break, can, cease, check, choke, cut, cut out, discontinue, estop, garage, halt, hinder, intercept, kill, nick, nobble, obstruct, pull in, shut off, stand, stay, stem, stop, turn off). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съмнение (discredit, doubt, question, scruple, suspicion, uncertainty), събуждам (arouse, awake, awaken, call up, elevate, get up, rouse, shake up, wake, wake up, waken), хвърлям ръкавица на, отхвърлям (abnegate, avoid, cast away, cast down, decline, demur, deny, disallow, disclaim, dismiss, except, exclude, fling away, ignore, kiss off, negative, override, proscribe, rebuff, rebut, refuse, refute, renounce, repudiate, scout, set aside, throw back, throw down, throw off, throw out, toss away, toss over, vote down, wash out, wave aside), отвод (deviation, exception, layer, offset), проба за имунитет, предизвикателство (dare, defiance, provocation), правя проба за имунитет, призив (exhortation, invocation, war cry), поставям под съмнение (call in question, impeach, impugn, oppugn, question), подлагам на изпитание (put on trial, put to the proof, tax, test), искане на паролата от часовой. (various references) | |
Chinese | 挑戰 , 挑战 (Challenged). (various references) | |
Czech | vyzvat (call, defy, invite, summon), vyzvání, výzva (appeal, call, invitation, proclamation, summons), problém (crux, headache, issue, problem, proposition, question, snag), nároèný úkol. (various references) | |
Danish | udfordre (defy, incite, provoke). (various references) | |
Dutch | uittarten (defy, incite, provoke), uitdagen (defy, incite, provoke), trotseren (defy), tarten (defy, incite, provoke). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kontesti (question), defio, defii (defy). (various references) | |
Faeroese | mótmæla (question), bjóða av (defy). (various references) | |
Farsi | متهم کردن (Accuse, Delate, Impute, Indict, Tax, Upbraid), گردن کشی , سرپیچی کردن (Disobey), سرتافتن , طلب حق , رقابت کردن (Contend, Paragon, Rival, Vie), دعوت بجنگ , بمبارزه طلبیدن (Dare, Defy). (various references) | |
Finnish | väittää vastaan (contradict, object), uhmata (brave, defy), haaste (summons, writ), haastaa kilpasille, haastaa (speak, summon). (various references) | |
French | contester, récusation, disputer. (various references) | |
German | herausforderung (act of defiance, defiance, provocation, pugnacity), herausfordern (abet, court, defy, encourage, evoke, impel, instigate, invite, provoke, spur on, stimulate, to challenge, to defy, urge). (various references) | |
Greek | πρόκληση (dare, defiance, provocation), προκαλώ (beget, bring about, bring on, call forth, call out, cause, dare, defy, engender, evoke, fetch, give rise to, induce, provoke). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אתגר (dare). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kihívás (defiance, provocation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tantangan. (various references) | |
Italian | contestare (contest, deny, dispute, question), sfidare (beard, brave, challenge each other, dare, defy, face, provoke), disputare (argue, contest, debate, discuss, dispute, haggle, question, wrangle). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 肉薄 (closing in upon, come close to, pressing hard on the enemy), 挑戦 (defiance). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しかけ (commencement, device, gadget, half finished, mechanism, scale, set up, trick), にくはく (closing in upon, come close to, pressing hard), あえて (dare), もうしこみ (application, entry, offer, overture, proposal, request, subscription), ちょうせん (catgut, defiance, Korea, sheepgut). (various references) | |
Korean | 도전 (Challenging, DARE, Defiance, Defy). (various references) | |
Manx | forrane, doolaney (challenging, dare, dicing), doolane (dare, defiance, gauntlet), cur y lane fo (dare, defy), cur forrane da, arganey (argue, beyond dispute, debate, reason). (various references) | |
Norwegian | utfordring. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allengechay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | desafio (bravado, dare, defiance, gage, tournament), provocar (abet, add fuel to, aggravate, arouse, bring, bring on, cause, cause to take place, court, defy, egg, egg on, excite, gall, generate, incite, induce, infuse, instigate, invite, nettle, occasion, pick, provoke, raise, rattle, rouse, solicit, start, stimulate, stir up, waken), provocação (defiance, irritancy), desafiar (beard, brave, dare, defy, incite, outdare, provoke). (various references) | |
Romanian | contesta (contest, dispute, impugn, litigate, oppugn, question), chemare (appeal, call, calling, convocation, cry, halloo, invitation, invocation, shout, slogan, summons, vocation), chema (ask, call, call down, call up, chuckle, conjure, convene, convoke, entreat, hail, muster, page, ring, shout, signify, summon), cere (apply for, ask, ask for, beg, bid, cadge, call for, charge, claim, command, court, demand, desire, exact, expect, have, implore, involve, necessitate, petition, request, require, require smth. of smb., Sue, urge), somaţie (call, subpoena, summons, writ), soma (lie off, summon), recuzare, recuza (recuse), provocare (defiance, instigation, provocation), provoca (abet, agitate, bring, bring on, bring to pass, call forth, cause, create, dare, defy, elicit, encourage, excite, fling down the gauntlet, give, give rise to, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invite, provoke, raise, rouse, spur on, start, stimulate, stir, stir up, throw down the gauntlet, urge, work up), pretinde (allege, assert, charge, claim, command, contend, exact, insist, maintain, make oneself out, make out, pretend, purport, require), pretenţie (claim, pretence, pretension, requirement), nega (abjure, deny, disaffirm, disavow, gainsay, impugn, negate, negative, repudiate, traverse). (various references) | |
Russian | сомнение (disbelief, discredit, distrust, doubt, dubiety, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, impeachment, impereachment, qualm, scruple), сложная задача (egg dance), вызывать вызов, вызывать (bring, bring about, bring forth, call, call in, cite, conjure, engender, entail, evoke, evoked, exert, give rise to, induce, involve, produce, provoke, ring for, summon, whistle up), вызов (call, call-in, curtain call, dare, daresay, defiance, evocation, invocation, process, ringing), отвод (discharger, tap), окликать (flag down, hail), оклик (hail, heigh, hollo), бросать вызов (fling down the gauntlet, fly in the face of, outdare), подвергать сомнению (call in question). (various references) | |
Scottish | dùbhlan (a challenge, defiance). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | izazvati (arouse, bring about, call up, cause, create, educe, engender, generate, induce, originate, produce, prompt, tempt, touch off, trigger, trigger off), izazov (dare, gage, provocation). (various references) | |
Spanish | retar (provoke), desafiar (beard, brave, dare, defy, outdare, outface), desafío (dare, daring, defiance, duel). (various references) | |
Swedish | utmaning (challenging, defiance, Gage), utmana (bid defiance to, court, dare, defy, provoke), utfordra. (various references) | |
Thai | เทียบเท่ากับ (rise to the challenge / occasion). (various references) | |
Turkish | itiraz (but, cavil, contest, contradiction, demur, deprecation, disapproval, expostulation, objection, outcry, protest, protestation, remonstrance), boy ölçüşmek (compete with, measure swords, vie), düelloya davet etmek (call out, fling down the gauntlet, fling down the glove, throw down the glove), dürtü (compulsion, drive, ginger, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, motivation, motive, spur, stimulation, urge), davet (bid, call, calling, convocation, entertainment, invitation, party, summons, vocation), davet etmek (ask, bade, bid, call, call in, convoke, court, cry out, invite), havlamaya başlama, havlamaya başlamak, bağışıklık (dispensation, exemption, immunity), insanı kamçılayan bir durum, tartışmak (altercate, argue, bat around, Bicker, brawl, bust, canvass, contend, controvert, debate, discuss, dispute, have a row with, have a set-to, have words with smb., jangle, join issue with smb., moot, negotiate, set to, spar, take issue with smb., wrangle), itiraz etmek (argue, argue against smth., blow the whistle on, buck, contest, contravene, demur, deprecate, dispute, except, expostulate, gainsay, interpose, make an objection to, object, object to, oppose, protest, protest against, raise an objection to, remonstrate, take exception to, take objection to), kafa tutmak (be obstinate, dare, oppose, stick up to, stump), kimlik sorma, meydan okuma (bravado, defiance), meydan okumak (beard, brave, dare, defy, fling down the gauntlet, fling down the glove, have a chip an one's shoulder, outface, stump, tempt, throw down the gage to smb., throw down the glove), parola sorma, reddetme (brushoff, declination, denial, disavowal, dismissal, nonacceptance, non-acceptance, refusal, rejection), reddetmek (abnegate, cast off, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispute, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negate, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, rebut, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, rule out, scout, set aside, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), hiçe saymak (disregard, pay no attention, set at naught, set at nought, slight, snap one's fingers at, spurn, swamp, upstage). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вимога анулювати результати виборів, претензія (claim, complaint, demand, pretence, pretense, pretension), заперечення у ході судового процесу, заперечувати (abnegate, answer, answer back, contradict, contravene, demur, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown, expostulate, forbid, gainsay, impugn, mind, negative, nill, object, oppugn, rejoin, talk back), недопущення виборця до голосування, оклик (call, calling, hail, hollo, holloa), окликати (hail, hollo, holloa), оспорювати (contest, contravene, controvert, quarrel, rebut), претендувати (pretend, purport, put in), вимагати перепустку, сумнів (demur, doubt, dubiety, hesitance, hesitancy, impeachment, misdoubt, offence, offense, qualm, query, question, scruple), виклик (call, call up, calling, citation, dare, defiance, defy, provocation, ringing, summons), викликати (arouse, bring forth, bring on, call, call in, cause, champion, cite, create, defy, evoke, necessitate, procure, provoke, send for, send up, set smb. agog, stir up, strike, summon, touch off, wake, warn, whistle up), викликати на змагання, відвід (offtake), відхилення (aberration, declension, declination, denial, departure, deviation, digression, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, excursus, incurvation, negative, rejection, swerve), відхиляти (avert, divert, ignore, lead off, negative, non-concur, override, reject, repel, repudiate, ride over, swerve, turn aside), кидати виклик (bid defiance, defy, outdare), вимагати (ask, call for, charge, claim, cry for, demand, extort, importune, necessitate, postulate, racketeer, require, sweat out, want, wring). (various references) | |
Welsh | sialensio, sialens, herio (brave, dare, defy), her. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | calumnia, invitati, invitatis, invitatos, invitatus, invitaverat, invitavit, lacessentes, provocabant, provocabat, provocabit, provocabo, provocandam, provocans, provocant, provocantes, provocare, provocarent, provocares, provocaretis, provocas, provocassent, provocasti, provocastis, provocat, provocationem, provocatrix, provocatum, provocaverat, provocaveris, provocaveritis, provocaverunt, provocavi, provocavimus, provocavit, provocem, provocet, provocetis. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | chalenge, defiance. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "challenge": challenged, challenger, challengers, challenges. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "challenge": rechallenge. (additional references) | |
Words containing "challenge": rechallenged, rechallenges, unchallengeable, unchallenged. (additional references) | |
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"Challenge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: callenge, callynge, chalange, chaleng, chalenge, challange, challege, Challen, challendge, challeng, chalone, chanlenge, chanllenge, charllenge, chellenge, cholangio, Hallynge, Holledge, Kalenge, kalenji. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "challenge" (pronounced kha"lunj) |
| 3 | -u n j | lozenge, orange, scavenge. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-g-h-l-l-n" | |
-2 letters: nacelle. | |
-3 letters: achene, allege, cellae, change, chelae, encage, enlace, glance. | |
-4 letters: agene, aglee, allee, anele, angel, angle, cella, chang, chela, clang, clean, eagle, glace, glean, hance, hence, lance, leach, leech, legal. | |
-5 letters: ache, acne, agee, alec, alee, cage, call, cane, cell, clag, clan, each, eche, egal, elan, gaen, gale, gall, gane, gene, ghee, glee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-g-h-l-l-n" | |
+1 letter: challenged, challenger, challenges. | |
+2 letters: challengers, rechallenge. | |
+3 letters: changelessly, rechallenged, rechallenges, unchallenged. | |
+4 letters: candlelighted, candlelighter, collieshangie, rechallenging, rechannelling. | |
+5 letters: candlelighters, collieshangies, gesellschaften, hypoallergenic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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