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  1. noun A call to engage in a contest, fight, or competition: a challenge to a duel.
  2. noun An act or statement of defiance; a call to confrontation: a challenge to the government's authority.
  3. noun A demand for explanation or justification; a calling into question: a challenge to a theory.
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  • So, certainly the challenge was there. —  A.J. Jacobs' year of living biblically
  • A challenge is a challenge even iff'n the challenge is a verbal one.
  • Another challenge is the cost for condominium complexes to add space for recycling bins. —  Island Packet: Home
  • Complicating the challenge is the cost of bringing on stream previously planned new infrastructure and caring for an aging population, said Hughes. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Still another challenge is the inherent conflict between fighting a deadly enemy and winning the hearts of the local villagers with whom the enemy lives. —  PrairiePundit
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  1. Middle English chalenge, from Old French, from Latin calumnia, trickery, false accusation; see calumny. V., from Middle English chalengen, from Old French chalangier, from Latin calumniārī, from calumnia.

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  1. from Middle English chalenge, assibilated form of calenge, calange, an accusation, claim, from Old French chalenge, chalonge, assibilated form of calenge, calonge = Italian calogna, an accusation, claim, dispute, from Latin calumnia, a false accusation (in Middle Latin also an action upon a claim), later English calumny, q. v. Thus challenge is a doublet of calumny.
  2. from Middle English chalengen, accuse, claim, from Old French chalengier, chalongier, etc., = Italian calognare, from Latin calumniari; from the noun.
 

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