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		|  challenge 
  
 
 1. a demanding or stimulating situation (Freq. 5)
 - they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power
 • Hypernyms:
 situation, state of affairs
 2. a call to engage in a contest or fight (Freq. 3)
 • Hypernyms:
 speech act
 • Hyponyms:
 dare, daring, confrontation, call-out, defiance,
 calling into question, demand for explanation, demand for identification, gauntlet, gantlet
 3. questioning a statement and demanding an explanation (Freq. 1)
 - his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy
 • Hypernyms:
 questioning, inquiring
 4. a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
 • Hypernyms:
 objection
 5. a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
 • Hypernyms:
 demand
 
 1. take exception to (Freq. 12)
 - She challenged his claims
 • Syn:
 dispute, gainsay
 • Derivationally related forms:
 dispute (for: dispute), disputation (for: dispute), challengeable
 • Hypernyms:
 contest, contend, repugn
 • Hyponyms:
 call
 • Entailment:
 question, oppugn, call into question
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 2. issue a challenge to (Freq. 7)
 - Fischer challenged Spassky to a match
 • Derivationally related forms:
 challenger
 • Hypernyms:
 invite, bid
 • Hyponyms:
 provoke, stimulate, counterchallenge, question, oppugn,
 call into question, impeach, impugn, defy, dare, call one's bluff,
 call out, remit, remand, send back, appeal, action,
 sue, litigate, process
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 - They challenge him to write the letter
 3. ask for identification (Freq. 1)
 - The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard
 • Hypernyms:
 request, bespeak, call for, quest
 • Entailment:
 stop, halt
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 4. raise a formal objection in a court of law (Freq. 1)
 • Syn:
 take exception
 • Topics:
 law, jurisprudence
 • Hypernyms:
 object
 • Hyponyms:
 appeal
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s PP
 
 
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