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Definition of Challenge
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Challenge
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. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign. A claim or demand. The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game. 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. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat. To claim as due; to demand as a right. To censure; to blame. To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with "Who comes there?" To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation. To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. To assert a right; to claim a place. Related Definitions:
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Challenge Quotations
I like the fact that there is challenge. Keren Ann If the challenge to fight was there, I always took it. Chuck Zito 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. Martin Luther King, Jr. Acting is always a challenge. Robert Downey, Jr. I used to not back down from a challenge. Elizabeth Moon |
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Challenge Translations
challenge in Afrikaans is uitdaging challenge in Danish is udfordre challenge in Dutch is uittarten, tarten, uitdagen, trotseren challenge in German is herausfordern, Herausforderung challenge in Italian is sfidare, disfida challenge in Norwegian is utfordring challenge in Portuguese is desafio challenge in Swedish is utfordra, utmana, utmaning |
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