Meaning of challenge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A confrontation; a dare. An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not. A bid to overcome something
2. A confrontation; a dare.
3. An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
4. An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not
5. A bid to overcome something.
6. A bid to overcome something
7. An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
8. An attempt to take possession; a tackle
9. A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
10. A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons
11. 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.
12. An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
13. A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
14. A procedure or action.
15. The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
16. A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
    rare
17. The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
18. An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
    US
19. The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.

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Examples

“Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?”

“a challenge to the king's authority”

“For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.”

“Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low.”

“The somewhat-shattered San Francisco also managed to make it out, although not before she'd come within seconds of being blown out of the water by Helena, as the two had lost contact in the dark and the flagship had loomed back out of the murk with no one and nothing available to answer the light cruiser's challenge - the radio, the whistle, the signal lights, the flags, et cetera, had all been destroyed. Luckily, one of the few surviving signalmen found a small handheld signal light and managed to blink out the ship's hull number.”

“Consanguinity in direct line is a challenge for a judge when he or she is sitting cases.”

“We're still waiting to hear how the court rules on our challenge of the arbitrator based on conflict of interest.”

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