to challenge

Examples

• All

• Barney came over and challenged me to a game.

  Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

• How are we to help students select texts that will challenge them without frustrating them?

  Academic text (2013)

• No, I I challenge you to do what I did.

  Bedros Keuilian

• Three of them are here tonight to challenge Sir James findings.

• It's a safe bet that campus climate issues will continue to challenge college leaders in the coming months.

  Academic text (2017)

• Do you think quantum computing will challenge a lot of cryptography?

• The Common Core requirement for teaching literacy across school subjects challenges students to go beyond textbooks.

  Academic text (2013)

• Sure, Doug really challenges me with this game, but that's just because he believes in me.

  Strays (2023)

• Barney challenged me to a game of chess this weekend.

• During the meeting, she challenged her colleagues to think of innovative solutions.

Synonyms

D

dare

vsto challenge

57 2.5

A challenge from someone to do something risky or silly

is a neutral invitation to compete or to prove something rather than risk

T

to throw down a challenge

vsto challenge

• Informal

1 5.4

Openly invite someone to compete with you

is a neutral invitation to take part or to prove something rather than provocation

Antonyms

R

refusal

122 1.4

An act of saying you will not accept or agree to something

W

withdrawal

• Formal

39 5.0

Leaving a group, country, or agreement

Idioms

R

to rise to the challenge

6 4.2

Face a difficult task and succeed at it

U

up for a challenge

2 4.4

Willing and ready to try something difficult

C

to challenge someone's palate

7.8

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

D

deuce of a challenge

• Archaic

9.8

A very difficult and frustrating task

T

to take each challenge as they come

• Informal

5.2

Deal with problems one at a time as they happen

Phrasal Verbs

F

to face a challenge

5 3.9

Deal with a difficult problem or situation

T

to take on the challenge

3 3.2

To accept a difficult task to test yourself

T

to throw down a challenge

• Informal

1 5.4

Openly invite someone to compete with you

C

to challenge the stereotype

1 4.7

To say that a common simple idea about a group is wrong

T

to take the challenge head-on

• Informal

3.9

To face a difficult problem directly and work hard to solve it

W

to weather the challenge

7.0

Manage to get through a difficult situation

Compounds

D

doozy of a challenge

• Informal

9.0

A very difficult task that needs a lot of effort

L

leviathan of a challenge

9.1

A very large and difficult task that is hard to do

T

thorny challenge

7.4

A difficult problem that needs careful handling

W

women's business challenge

7.4

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

How Forceful

to provoke

115 3.7

to dare

332 2.4

to challenge

355 3.0

to ask

∞ 1.0

to invite

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology