to challenge
552
4.3
- verb
- /ˈtʃælɪndʒ/
- Formal
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cuestionar
- The lawyer plans to challenge the validity of the evidence presented in court.
- challenge assumptions
- challenge authority
- challenge traditional ideas
It's like your job is to challenge their perspective.
- It's like your job is to challenge their perspective.
- She says chi challenged and still challenges Western ideas.
- And so I wanted to sort of challenge that idea.
- And the idea is to be able to challenge those thoughts, those ideas.
- But that valuing is what I want to challenge you on today.
- China and Russia are challenging that at at their very basis.
- It's an experience that forced me to challenge my own perceptions.
- So that brings up another thing you said challenge the idea, not the person.
- In New York City, the police were challenged with respect to their policies.
- Doctors from Stanford, Harvard, Oxford, they challenged Fauci's lockdown push.
- One after another, their vision challenged and inspired me.
- And their way of their whole history has been challenged, their traditions, everything.
- If we cannot challenge bad ideas, bad ideas thrive.
- So last question, and I always challenge people with this.
- So to to challenge them is to be hateful.
Examples
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Counsel may challenge the jury for cause.
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Lurking below the surface are undercurrents that challenge core values and standard practices of librarianship.
Academic text (2013) -
And so I wanted to sort of challenge that idea.
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Why do you challenge this?
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It's like your job is to challenge their perspective.
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Language barriers and financial issues continued to challenge our progress in obtaining additional services.
Academic text (2013) -
Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.
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For them, establishing a culture of innovation was about challenging assumptions and breaking barriers.
Academic text (2012) -
Your honor, as you can see, I have filed a petition challenging my client's extradition to Japan.
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We've seen government policy like Rwanda challenged now by the Supreme Court.
Synonyms
777
3.5
To express doubt about whether something is true
158
3.5
To argue about something or question if it is true
93
2.8
To say firmly that you are not guilty
65
4.6
To officially disagree with a result and try to change it
45
6.3
Tell someone you do not agree with a statement or idea
33
4.5
To say that something may not be true or right
18
8.4
Object formally to something, often in court
1
9.9
To say something is not true
Idioms
To serve food with strong or unusual flavors to test someone's sense of taste
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To face a difficult problem directly and work hard to solve it
Compounds
Problems women face at work, like unfair pay or few chances to be leaders
How Forceful
- Specialized
27
8.2
- Formal
159
5.1
- Formal
552
4.3
- Formal
65
4.6
777
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Challenge comes from an old French word chalenge that meant 'to call out' or 'accuse'. So to challenge an idea or a piece of evidence is to 'call it out' and say you do not agree, which is why the verb means to question or dispute.