Overview of noun challenge

The noun challenge has 5 senses

• challenge -- (a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power")


• challenge -- (a call to engage in a contest or fight)


• challenge -- (questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy")


• challenge -- (a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror)


• challenge -- (a demand by a sentry for a password or identification)

Overview of verb challenge

The verb challenge has 4 senses

• challenge, dispute, gainsay -- (take exception to; "She challenged his claims")


• challenge -- (issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match")


• challenge -- (ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard")


• challenge, take exception -- (raise a formal objection in a court of law)