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# challenge

noun (challenge, challenges); verb (challenge, challenges, challenged, challenging)

«challenge» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A challenge is a hard task or contest that tests how good or strong you are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#m1)
2. To challenge someone is to invite them to a contest: «I challenge you to a race». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#m2)
3. To challenge something is to question whether it is right or true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#x1)
- She did 20 push-ups in the challenge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#x2)
- How many more to finish the challenge? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#x3)
- Challenge: find the missing number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#x4)
- Learning to swim was a big challenge for him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#x5)
- I challenge you to a race to the tree! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#x6)
- She rose to the challenge and won. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#x7)
- It's OK to challenge an idea if you have a reason. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#x8)
- The puzzle was very challenging. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#x9)
- Online «challenges» that are dangerous should never be tried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#x10)
- The giantess was delighted, and challenged him to wrestle with her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/#x11)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «challenge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«challenge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/challenge.html) on Mova free.