challenge
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a demanding or stimulating situation
they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power
Types & categories
- situation hypernym
Sense 2 verb
take exception to
She challenged his claims
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dispute derivation
- controversy derivation
- challenge derivation
- challengeable derivation
- question entails
Sense 3 noun
a call to engage in a contest or fight
Types & categories
- speech act hypernym
- daring hyponym
- confrontation hyponym
- call-out hyponym
- defiance hyponym
- calling into question hyponym
- demand for identification hyponym
- gauntlet hyponym
Related & opposite
- challenge derivation
Sense 4 verb
issue a challenge to
Fischer challenged Spassky to a match
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy
Types & categories
- questioning hypernym
Related & opposite
- dispute derivation
Sense 6 verb
ask for identification
The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard
Types & categories
- request hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
Types & categories
- objection hypernym
Related & opposite
- take exception derivation
Sense 8 verb
raise a formal objection in a court of law
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Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
Types & categories
- demand hypernym
Related & opposite
- challenge derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | situation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | controversy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | challenge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | challengeable |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | question |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | contest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | challenge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | speech act |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | daring |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | confrontation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | call-out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | defiance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | calling into question |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | demand for identification |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gauntlet |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | challenge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rival |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | invite |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | provoke |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterchallenge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | question |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | impeach |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | impugn |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dare |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | call one's bluff |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | call out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | remand |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | appeal |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | action |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | litigate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispute |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | questioning |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | challenge |
| 6 | entails | Related & opposite | stop |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | take exception |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | objection |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | challenge |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | appeal |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | challenge |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | demand |