challenges
Meaning of challenges
plural noun
- a call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength.
he accepted the challenge
- a call to prove or justify something.
a challenge to the legality of the banning order
- exposure of the immune system to pathogenic organisms or antigens.
recently vaccinated calves should be protected from challenge
- dispute the truth or validity of.
it is possible to challenge the report's assumptions
- invite (someone) to engage in a contest.
he challenged one of my men to a duel
organizations challenged the government in by-elections
- expose (the immune system) to pathogenic organisms or antigens.
Middle English (in the senses ‘accusation’ and ‘accuse’): from Old French chalenge (noun), chalenger (verb), from Latin calumnia ‘calumny’, calumniari ‘calumniate’.
Information about challenges
- The singular form of challenges is: challenge.
- Languages in which challenges is used:
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Hyphenation of challenges
chal-lenges
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- challenges is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
challenges synonyms
Meaning a challenge, especially to prove courage:
Meaning action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately:
Meaning an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order:
Meaning resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument:
Meaning open resistance; bold disobedience:
Meaning a final demand or statement of terms, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relations:
Meaning feel or express doubt about; raise objections to:
Meaning come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent:
Meaning question whether (a statement or alleged fact) is true or valid:
Words that rhyme with challenges
Ganges, Granges, Oranges, arranges, blancmanges, changes, citranges, counterchanges, deranges, disarranges, enranges, estranges, exchanges, flanges, fontanges, ganges, gearchanges, granges, interchanges, malanges, manges, melanges, midranges, misarranges, omniranges, oranges, outranges, overarranges, phalanges, prearranges, ranges, rearranges, rechanges, reexchanges, shortchanges, subranges, vendanges, avenges, counterchallenges, henges, kitenges, lozenges, menges, mischallenges, peenges, rechallenges, revenges, scavenges, tenges, venges
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