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Noun
S:
(n)
challenge
(a demanding or stimulating situation)
"they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"
S:
(n)
challenge
(a call to engage in a contest or fight)
S:
(n)
challenge
(questioning a statement and demanding an explanation)
"his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"
S:
(n)
challenge
(a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror)
S:
(n)
challenge
(a demand by a sentry for a password or identification)
Verb
S:
(v)
challenge
,
dispute
,
gainsay
(take exception to)
"She challenged his claims"
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full troponym
S:
(v)
call
(challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of)
"call the speaker on a question of fact"
S:
(v)
call
(challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense)
"He deserves to be called on that"
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sister term
entailment
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
S:
(v)
challenge
(issue a challenge to)
"Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
S:
(v)
challenge
(ask for identification)
"The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"
S:
(v)
challenge
,
take exception
(raise a formal objection in a court of law)
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full troponym
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direct hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame