- challenge
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 sth new and difficultADJECTIVE▪ big, considerable, enormous, great, huge, monumental, radical, real, serious, significant▪ daunting, difficult, formidable, stiff, tough▪
The army faced the daunting challenge of fighting a war on two fronts.
▪ fundamental, key, main, major, primary, ultimate▪ fresh, new, unprecedented▪ constant, continuing, ongoing▪ future▪ exciting, interesting▪ special, unique▪ economic, engineering, environmental, intellectual, logistical, physical, political, technical, technological▪Getting the instrument built and tested was a major technical challenge.
▪ globalVERB + CHALLENGE▪ be, constitute, remain, represent▪The competitive market represents significant challenges for farmers.
▪ create, offer, pose, present, provide, raise▪ address, confront, face, handle, meet, respond to, rise to, tackle, take on, take up▪The gallery has risen to the challenge of exhibiting the works of young artists.
▪He has taken on some exciting new challenges with this job.
▪ overcome, solve▪ enjoy, relish, welcomeCHALLENGE + VERB▪ confront sb, face sb▪the challenges facing nurses in casualty
▪ arise, exist, remain▪She could always be counted on when a challenge arose.
▪ lie▪The challenge lies in creating a demand for the product.
2 call for sb to fight, prove sth, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ effective, serious, strong▪ direct▪ constitutional, legal▪ leadership, title▪his title challenge to the heavyweight champion
VERB + CHALLENGE▪ be, constitute, present, represent▪The demonstration represents a direct challenge to the new law.
▪ file (esp. AmE), issue, mount, raise▪plans to mount a leadership challenge within the party
▪ accept, take up▪I accepted his challenge to a game of chess.
▪ answer▪He was answering challenges to the government's policy.
▪ beat off, fight off▪Our team will have to fight off the challenge from better trained teams.
▪ survive, withstandPREPOSITION▪ challenge from▪a challenge from the other political party
▪ challenge to▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a legal challenge to the President's power
verb1 question whether sth is right/trueADVERB▪ directly, openly, publicly▪The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.
▪ seriously, vigorously▪ effectively▪She was effectively challenging the whole basis on which society was run.
▪ successfully▪The story was completely untrue and was successfully challenged in court.
▪ constantly, continually, repeatedlyVERB + CHALLENGE▪ seek▪Harley sought to challenge the jurisdiction of the court.
PREPOSITION▪ on▪She challenged him on his old-fashioned views.
2 invite sb to compete, argue, etc.ADVERB▪ seriously▪No one has seriously challenged the champion.
▪ successfully, unsuccessfullyPREPOSITION▪ for▪She was poised to challenge for the party leadership.
▪ to▪The count challenged him to a duel.
Challenge is used with these nouns as the object: ↑assertion, ↑assumption, ↑authority, ↑belief, ↑claim, ↑competence, ↑conception, ↑convention, ↑credibility, ↑decision, ↑detention, ↑dogma, ↑dominance, ↑establishment, ↑finding, ↑hierarchy, ↑idea, ↑ideology, ↑interpretation, ↑legality, ↑limit, ↑logic, ↑monopoly, ↑myth, ↑norm, ↑notion, ↑orthodoxy, ↑perception, ↑practice, ↑preconception, ↑prejudice, ↑prerogative, ↑racism, ↑regime, ↑stereotype, ↑supremacy, ↑theory, ↑thesis, ↑tradition, ↑validity, ↑view, ↑will, ↑wisdom
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
