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challenge
English
Etymology
From Middle English chalenge, variant with palatalization of Middle English kalange (“an accusation, claim”), from Old French chalenge, chalonge, palatalized Central French variants of Old Northern French calenge, calonge (see Continental Norman calengier), from Latin calumnia (“a false accusation, calumny”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?l-, *??l- (“invocation; to beguile, feign, charm, cajole, deceive”). Cognate with Old English h?l (“calumny”). Doublet of calumny.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?æl.?nd?/, /?t?æl.?nd?/
Noun
challenge (plural challenges)
- A confrontation; a dare.
- An instigation or antagonization intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- A bid to overcome something.
- (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle
- A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- 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.
- An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
- An instigation or antagonization intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- (law) A procedure or action.
- (law, rare) 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.
- The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- (US) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
- (law, rare) 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.
- (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????
Translations
Verb
challenge (third-person singular simple present challenges, present participle challenging, simple past and past participle challenged)
- (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
- (transitive) To dare (someone).
- (transitive) To dispute (something).
- (law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
- (transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
- (obsolete, transitive) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
- Challenge better terms.
- (obsolete, transitive) To censure; to blame.
- I may be more challenged for my inconsiderate Boldness
- (military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
- (US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
- (Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
Synonyms
- becall, call out
Translations
Related terms
- challenging
- challenger
- dechallenge
- rechallenge
French
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English challenge, from Old French chalonge, from Latin calumnia. Doublet of calomnie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.l???/
Noun
challenge m (plural challenges)
- challenge
Further reading
- “challenge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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challengee
English
Etymology
challenge +? -ee
Noun
challengee (plural challengees)
- One to whom a challenge is made.
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