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challenge
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[ verb ] take exception to
Examples "She challenged his claims" Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)Some date it from woman suffrage , others from when women first began to challenge men in the marketplace , still others from the era of the emancipated flapper and bathtub_gin . (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)They have indicated the direction but they have not been explicit enough , I believe , in pointing_out Faulkner 's independence , his questioning if not indeed challenging the Southern tradition . It may be that in this comment he has broken from the conventional pattern more violently than in any other regard , for the treatment in his books is far removed from even the genial irony of Ellen_Glasgow , who was the only important novelist before him to challenge the conventional picture of planter society . (Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)It is this conclusion that we challenge ; we do so by disproving the presumption on which it is based . |
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[ verb ] issue a challenge to
Examples "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)The basic mystery of dreams , which embraces all the others and challenges us from even the most common typical dream , is in the fact that they are original , visual continuities . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Two Anabaptists , Caroli and Benoit , are to challenge you and William to a debate before the Council . |
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[ noun ] a demanding or stimulating situation
Examples "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Then Kerr , a graduate_student from Illinois , moved past him on a straightaway and held_off Mills 's challenge on the final turn . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a call to engage in a contest or fight
Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)You know the law : if you lose the debate after accepting a challenge , you will be banished '' ! |
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[ noun ] questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
Examples "he challenged the assumption that Japan is our enemy" Related terms |
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[ verb ] raise a formal objection in a court of law
Synonyms Used in print (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)Petitioner was not entitled , either in the administrative hearing at the Department_of_Justice or at his trial , to inspect the original report of the Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation , since he was furnished a resume of it , did not challenge its accuracy , and showed no particular need for the original report . |
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[ noun ] (law) a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
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[ noun ] a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
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