Challenge

challenge (verb) - 1. compete with, 2. test ability and skill, 3. question correctness, legality, or authority 

a challenge (noun) 

a challenger (noun) - a person who challenges

challenging (adjective)

the challenge is knowing how much is too much

a challenging job
not really a challenging job
challenge staff to find new solutions to problems

challenging issues
the basic issues of peace and freedom and human destiny which challenge all mankind

challenge in need of leadership
climate change is one challenge in need of strong leadership

challenge boundaries of femininity
the girls' behaviors become a problem for the teacher when they challenge the boundaries of femininity

challenge to duel at dawn

personal challenge
give them a sense of accomplishment through competition or a personal challenge (achievement activities),

competitive challenge
challenge for market leadership
challenge the dominance of the firm

a management challenge
a technical challenge

the challenge of spiritual diversity
the Challenge of Human Rights

a looming challenge
the biggest challenge still loomed--marketing and selling

challenge gifted ones to excel

challenge the status quo
the capacity for creative thinking: the ability to challenge how things are and how they ought to be

challenge a long-standing principle
a challenge to received opinion

challenge authority

challenge the state
assemble resources and personnel to challenge the state
challenge government policies

directly challenge
directly challenge competitors
accept a challenge

take on challengers
challengers for the title
a serious challenger
the closest challenger

challenge metanarratives
The Internet, e-mail and radio waves have become instruments to challenge the late 20th century metanarrative of the so-called father figure who built the nation

an instrument to challenge the metanarrative of leaders who sacrifice their citizens and exploit the history of liberation for their own selfish purposes

every step becomes a challenge

impossible challenge
the fundamentally impossible challenge of nation building under fire without adequate training or funding

wrangle with a challenge
investment firms will wrangle with the challenge of tying their models to a better understanding of market behaviors

challenge dominant ideologies
challenge dominant cultural ideologies of face, filiality, kinship, and citizenship

intellectually challenging
an intellectually challenging course
an academically challenging research project

challenge most cherished claims
it also exposed the vulnerability of the Left to a challenge to its most cherished claims

challenge a man
my professor actually called her a trouble-maker just because she tried to challenge a man who had clearly abused her body as a woman

eliminate a challenge
onsite hydrogen generation using the natural gas infrastructure eliminates the challenge of efficiently transporting a low energy-to-volume ratio fuel

challenge for the future
the challenge for the future is to learn much more about this genetic diversity
 
face a challenge
those who have been laid off face the challenge of finding a job, and that is not easy

challenged the court ruling
story challenged in court
story successfully challenged in court

sufficiently challenging
she did not find the course sufficiently challenging

challenge an interpretation
the exotic and enigmatic text messages challenge interpretation by forcing guesses and explanations

challenge a taboo
self-inflicted body writing, though it may challenge the filial taboo against body mutilation, nonetheless upholds the greater hierarchical social system

challenge assumptions
challenge long held assumptions
a challenge to the assumption that low self-esteem and unhealthy lifestyles are related

face challenge 
pose a challenge
city life poses a challenge to artistic production

challenge to make it happen at all
their challenge was to make date night happen at all

face real challenges
enjoy a challenge

one of the toughest challenges

challenge to generate opportunities
it is a challenge to generate employment opportunities for these craftsmen once they have been trained

facing a legal challenge
court challenge to new law

launcha challenge
mount a challenge

going to be a challenge
maintaining interest in the project is going to be a challenge from now on

a major challenge for
dealing with problem a major challenge
dealing with attendance involves critical tradeoffs and is a major challenge for after-school programs

cultural challenge
the cultural challenge of communication technology

face a challenge
the main challenge
the main challenge archaeologists and economic historians face is the lack of documentation

meet challenge
to meet that challenge requires improvements in food security

challenge in an election
campaign to challenge Bush for the presidency

adding to challenge
adding to the challenge is the weak infrastructure in target countries

challenge an idea
the typical  strategy of international legal activists today is to challenge the idea of national sovereignty

useless challenge
it serves no purpose to challenge such views

address a challenge
proposed steps to address this challenge

challenge the dominant mindset
when newsmakers fail to challenge the dominant mindset, an authoritative position dominates the news pages, and opposing information is lacking

challenge conventional wisdom
In this article I sought to challenge some of the conventional wisdom

a key challenge

major challenge
developing explanations for intra- and intercommunity differences remains a major challenge

enormous challenge
finding a solution is an enormous challenge

enjoy a challenge
a teacher who enjoys a challenge, enjoys independence, and doesn't mind being a " rebel with a cause

Posted by Jon Fernquest at 12:44 PM