Antonyms for challenges


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : chal-inj
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃæl ɪndʒ


Definition of challenges

Origin :
  • early 14c., "something one can be accused of, a fault, blemish;" mid-14c., "false accusation, malicious charge; accusation of wrong-doing," also "act of laying claim" (to something), from Anglo-French chalenge, Old French chalonge "calumny, slander; demand, opposition," in legal use, "accusation, claim, dispute," from Anglo-French chalengier, Old French chalongier "to accuse, to dispute" (see challenge (v.)). Accusatory connotations died out 17c. Meanings "an objection" in law, etc.; "a calling to fight" are from mid-15c. Meaning "difficult task" is from 1954.
  • noun dispute, question
  • verb dispute, question
Example sentences :
  • The challenges before us will be thrashed out with the House and the Senate.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Yet his heart rejoiced as he watched the manner in which Sally accepted these challenges.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Challenges of this kind to inventiveness and activity are outstanding all the time.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
  • Mr. Bramleigh challenges me to a duel, because he knows I have no arms.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • He challenges my nephew, de Léry, for a date fixed and imminent.
  • Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
  • Where would I find the strength and courage for the challenges?
  • Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
  • The termite-paste was, in this instance, the most deadly of challenges.
  • Extract from : « The Raid on the Termites » by Paul Ernst
  • Hector, brother to Troilus, challenges a Greek champion to single combat.
  • Extract from : « William Shakespeare » by John Masefield
  • Even here in Pylos he challenges the supremacy of the Olympians.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • Do you stand ready to prove your charge if he challenges you to do it?
  • Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson

Synonyms for challenges

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