| challenge | |
| 1. n. A confrontation; a dare. | |
| 2. n. An instigation or antagonization intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not. | |
| 3. n. A bid to overcome something. | |
| a challenge to the king's authority | |
| 4. n. (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle | |
| 5. n. A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons. | |
| 6. n. 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. | |
| 7. n. An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum. | |
| 8. n. A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty. | |
| 9. n. (legal) A procedure or action. | |
| 10. n. (legal, 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. | |
| 11. n. The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency. | |
| 12. n. 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. | |
| 13. n. (US) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. | |
| 14. n. (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game. | |
| 15. v. To invite someone to take part in a competition. | |
| We challenged the boys next door to a game of football. | |
| 16. v. To dare someone. | |
| 17. v. To dispute something. | |
| to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation | |
| 18. v. (legal) To make a formal objection to a juror. | |
| 19. v. (obsolete) To claim as due; to demand as a right. | |
| 20. v. (obsolete) To censure; to blame. | |
| 21. v. (military) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines). | |
| The sentinel challenged us with "Who goes there?". | |
| 22. v. (US) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter. | |
| 23. v. (Canada, US) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it. | |
