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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
challenge
1. a demanding or stimulating situation (Freq. 5) - they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power • Hypernyms: situation, state of affairs 2. a call to engage in a contest or fight (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: speech act • Hyponyms: dare, daring, confrontation, call-out, defiance, calling into question, demand for explanation, demand for identification, gauntlet, gantlet 3. questioning a statement and demanding an explanation (Freq. 1) - his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy • Hypernyms: questioning, inquiring 4. a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror • Hypernyms: objection 5. a demand by a sentry for a password or identification • Hypernyms: demand
1. take exception to (Freq. 12) - She challenged his claims • Syn: dispute, gainsay • Derivationally related forms: dispute (for: dispute), disputation (for: dispute), challengeable • Hypernyms: contest, contend, repugn • Hyponyms: call • Entailment: question, oppugn, call into question • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody 2. issue a challenge to (Freq. 7) - Fischer challenged Spassky to a match • Derivationally related forms: challenger • Hypernyms: invite, bid • Hyponyms: provoke, stimulate, counterchallenge, question, oppugn, call into question, impeach, impugn, defy, dare, call one's bluff, call out, remit, remand, send back, appeal, action, sue, litigate, process • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - They challenge him to write the letter 3. ask for identification (Freq. 1) - The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard • Hypernyms: request, bespeak, call for, quest • Entailment: stop, halt • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody 4. raise a formal objection in a court of law (Freq. 1) • Syn: take exception • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: object • Hyponyms: appeal • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s PP
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