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challenge

challenge

120 3.5
A formal objection that questions whether something is fair or correct
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃælɪndʒ/
  • Formal
translation icon : impugnación
  • Second, a major challenge concerns laws and regulations.
  • a legal challenge
  • a constitutional challenge
  • a court challenge

The moon has a legal right to pursue legal challenges till it's done.

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Examples

  • In this context, school counselors face significant challenges in meeting the needs of their students.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Hands down, their biggest fear is a formal challenge to a resource in the school library.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Refusal of the challenge brings the same result as failure.

  • To date, none of these legal challenges to the Fiduciary Rule have been successful.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Both states' reform legislation withstood legal challenges under federal and state law.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Thus, it is necessary to examine the validity of local challenges to land application.

    Academic text (1999)
  • All of this made it a major challenge to humoralist orthodoxy.

  • The laws that they passed still face a legal challenge in federal court.

  • To date, none of these legal challenges to the Fiduciary Rule have been successful.

  • Its ruling on these two legal challenges begins to set the U.K. Constitution in stone.

Synonyms

opposition
vschallenge
250 3.4

The act of resisting an idea, plan, or change

is mainly about questioning or formal dispute rather than general resisting actions
resistance
vschallenge
214 4.0

Refusal to accept a change or new rule

is centered on questioning or formal dispute not on active refusal
objection
vschallenge
  • Jargon
123 6.4

A lawyer's statement in court asking the judge to stop a question or evidence

is a broader act of questioning or formal dispute beyond only court rules
calling into question
vschallenge
1 5.5

Showing doubt about whether something is true or reliable

is a formal act of questioning that can be used in legal contexts
contestation
vschallenge
  • Formal
1 8.4

A strong disagreement about something important

is focused on questioning rather than broad public debate

Antonyms

361 1.0

A situation in which people have the same opinion or give their approval

104 2.7

Being approved or welcomed by other people

Idioms

Face a difficult task and succeed at it

Willing and ready to try something difficult

To serve food with strong or unusual flavors to test someone's sense of taste

9.8

A very difficult and frustrating task

Deal with problems one at a time as they happen

Compounds

9.0

A very difficult task that needs a lot of effort

A very large and difficult task that is hard to do

A difficult problem that needs careful handling

Problems women face at work, like unfair pay or few chances to be leaders

How Disputed

litigation
  • Specialized
119 7.7
to appeal
  • Formal
159 5.1
challenge
  • Formal
120 3.5
objection
292 3.6
query
35 3.7

Surface Forms

challenge singular
challenges plural

Etymology

Challenge comes from an old French word chalenge that meant 'to call out' or 'accuse'. This helps explain the legal sense: a challenge is a formal objection or question where you 'call out' a person or decision as not right.