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⛰️ A hard task ❓ To question 🤼 To invite to compete ⚔️ A contest invitation ⚖️ A formal objection 🛑 To ask for ID 🛂 A demand for ID
challenge

challenge

3 5.3
A demand to show proof of identity before entry
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃælɪndʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : requerimiento de identificación
  • The IAEA Board of Governors has confirmed the agency's authority to conduct "challenge inspections" at possible undeclared nuclear facilities.

So you'll have a challenge link and you'll open it twice.

Examples

  • I need your challenge code if I'm going to get you and your Staff Sar'nt medevac.

    The Wall (2017)

  • We need an ID challenge.

    Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)

  • We agreed that it is not a limited security challenge, Its arc of threat spread across nations and regions.

  • This is where we have built is this challenge response authentication system.

  • Requesting your challenge code.

    The Wall (2017)

  • When the bank responds with the transaction details and an authentication challenge, Mallory displays the original details.

    Blog text (25)

  • The system requires a challenge to verify your identity before granting access.

  • You will need to answer a security challenge to complete the login process.

  • The website will send you a challenge code via email for confirmation.

Synonyms

demand for identification
vschallenge
6.0

A request by a guard or official for a person to show identity papers

covers both physical identity checks and electronic proof for security

Antonyms

trust
699 1.0

Strong belief that a person or thing is honest and reliable

acceptance
104 2.7

Being approved or welcomed by other people

Idioms

to rise to the challenge
6 4.2

Face a difficult task and succeed at it

up for a challenge
2 4.4

Willing and ready to try something difficult

to challenge someone's palate
7.8

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

deuce of a challenge
  • Archaic
9.8

A very difficult and frustrating task

to take each challenge as they come
  • Informal
5.2

Deal with problems one at a time as they happen

Compounds

doozy of a challenge
  • Informal
9.0

A very difficult task that needs a lot of effort

leviathan of a challenge
9.1

A very large and difficult task that is hard to do

thorny challenge
7.4

A difficult problem that needs careful handling

women's business challenge
7.4

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

How Strict

bodycheck
  • US
5.8
challenge
  • Specialized
3 5.3
identity verification
  • Specialized
1 3.6
authentication
  • Specialized
27 6.3

Surface Forms

challenge singular
challenges plural

Etymology

Challenge comes from an old French word chalenge that meant 'to call out' or 'accuse'. From this meaning it is easy to see why a challenge can be a demand for proof or ID, because you are 'calling someone out' and asking them to show who they are.