challenge

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.

   “Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?”

2. isim A bid to overcome something.

   “a challenge to the king's authority”

3. isim An attempt to take possession; a tackle.

   “Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low.”

4. isim A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
5. isim The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
6. isim An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
7. isim A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
8. isim The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
9. isim A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).

   “Consanguinity in direct line is a challenge for a judge when he or she is sitting cases.”

10. isim The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.

    “We're still waiting to hear how the court rules on our challenge of the arbitrator based on conflict of interest.”

11. isim An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
12. isim The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
13. fiil To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.

    “We challenged the boys next door to a game of football.”

14. fiil To dare (someone).

    “[...] For I challenge any Man to make any pretence to Power by Right of Fatherhood, either intelligible or poſſible in any one, otherwiſe, then either as Adams heir, or as Progenitor over his own deſcendants, naturally ſprung from him.”

15. fiil To dispute (something); to contest.

    “to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation”

16. fiil To call something into question or dispute.

    “New information challenged old hypotheses.”

17. fiil To make a formal objection to a juror.
18. fiil To be difficult or challenging for.

    “Before moving onto the content of Hobson-Jobson, an explication of the publication history is necessary since this has clearly challenged many commentators.”

19. fiil To claim as due; to demand as a right.

    “Challenge better terms.”

20. fiil To censure; to blame.

    “I may be more challenged for my inconsiderate Boldness”

21. fiil To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).

    “The sentinel challenged us with "Who goes there?"”

22. fiil To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
23. fiil To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.

    “I mean if you go in and want to challenge an exam it cost you half of your course money. If you don't pass the exam, that money is credited toward taking the course. What have you got to lose to challenge an exam, or do a competency exam?”