challenge
part of speech
noun (challenge, challenges); verb (challenge, challenges, challenged, challenging)
meaning for a pupil
1) A challenge is a hard task or contest that tests how good or strong you are. tree →
2) To challenge someone is to invite them to a contest: «I challenge you to a race». tree →
3) To challenge something is to question whether it is right or true. tree →
sense in the lessons
a contest or a goal in the story, often with a target number; in school, «challenge questions» are harder ones; phrases «take up the challenge», «rise to the challenge», «challenging» (hard), «reading challenge»
examples
- The reading challenge is 100 books. tree →
- She did 20 push-ups in the challenge. tree →
- How many more to finish the challenge? tree →
- Challenge: find the missing number. tree →
- Learning to swim was a big challenge for him. tree →
- I challenge you to a race to the tree! tree →
- She rose to the challenge and won. tree →
- It's OK to challenge an idea if you have a reason. tree →
- The puzzle was very challenging. tree →
- Online «challenges» that are dangerous should never be tried. tree →
- The giantess was delighted, and challenged him to wrestle with her. tree →
note
A goal: what is left = goal − done. Trap: «challenge» in a heading is not a quantity. Safety: some online challenges are dangerous dares; say no and tell an adult.
In the corpora
- When they want to help, they give money to charities, get sponsored for a challenge or volunteer their time.
- Sponsorship means people promise to give money to a charity if someone completes a challenge.
- Online "challenges" can be deadly; never try one, whoever says it is safe.
- A long, hard stare can be a challenge in gorilla language, so keepers ask visitors not to stare at the gorillas.
- "Physically challenged" means physically disabled; it is mostly American.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «challenge» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.