Challenge Definition
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English
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From Old French chalonge, chalenge.
Pronunciation
Noun
challenge (plural challenges)
- 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, 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.
- Consanguinity in direct line is a challenge for a judge when he or she is sitting cases.
- (law) The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- (law) The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- We're still waiting to hear how the court rules on our challenge of the arbitrator based on conflict of interest.
Verb
challenge (third-person singular simple present challenges, present participle challenging, simple past and past participle challenged)
- To invite someone to take part in a competition.
- To dare someone.
- To dispute something.
- (law) To make a formal objection to a juror.
Translations
to invite someone to take part in a competition
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Related terms
- challenging
- challenger
- dechallenge
- rechallenge
French
Etymology
English challenge, originally from Old French
Noun
challenge m. (plural challenges)
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