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challengeable

Variant of challenge

noun

  1. a demand for identification: a sentry gave the challenge
  2. a calling into question; a demanding of proof, explanation, etc.: a challenge of the premises of an argument
  3. a call or dare to take part in a duel, contest, etc.
  4. anything, as a demanding task, that calls for special effort or dedication
  5. ☆ an objection to a vote or to someone's right to vote
  6. Law a formal objection or exception to a person who has been chosen as a prospective juror

transitive verb challenged, challenging

  1. to call to a halt for identification
    1. to call to account
    2. to make objection to; call into question
  2. to call or dare to take part in a duel, contest, etc.; defy
  3. to call for; make demands on: to challenge the imagination
  4. ☆ to object to (a vote) as not valid or (a prospective voter) as not qualified to vote
  5. to take formal exception to (a prospective juror)

intransitive verb

to make, issue, or offer a challenge

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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