Challenge ˈtʃælɪndʒ Deal Extra Examples Party Noun Tough/Major/Significant

• a tough/major/significant challenge
• the role will be the biggest challenge of his acting career.
• she still faces many challenges (= has to deal with them).
• destruction of the environment is one of the most serious challenges we face.

challenge

1. a new or difficult task that tests somebody’s ability and skill
• a tough/major/significant challenge
• The role will be the biggest challenge of his acting career.
• She still faces many challenges (= has to deal with them).
• Destruction of the environment is one of the most serious challenges we face.
• The greatest challenge facing the region is unemployment.
• Rapid industrialization presents both challenges and opportunities.
• Countries need to work together to address the challenge of climate change.
• Schools must meet the challenge of new technology (= deal with it successfully).
• I’m looking forward to the challenge of my new job.
• The gallery has risen to the challenge of exhibiting the works of young artists.
• The challenge for the government is to find a way of providing affordable housing.
• Digital piracy continues to pose huge challenges to the industry.

Extra Examples

• He has taken on some exciting new challenges with this job.
• Liszt's piano music presents an enormous technical challenge.
• She could always be counted on when a challenge arose.
• The army faced the daunting challenge of fighting a war on two fronts.
• The challenge lies in creating a demand for the product.
• The competitive market represents significant challenges for farmers.
• the challenges facing nurses in casualty
2. an invitation or a suggestion to somebody that they should enter a competition, fight, etc.
• She accepted his challenge to a debate on the issue.
• I'm looking forward to taking on the challenge.
• He plans to mount a challenge for the party leadership.

Extra Examples

• She took up his challenge.
• plans to mount a leadership challenge within the party
• his title challenge to the heavyweight champion
• a challenge from the other political party
• I accepted his challenge to a game of chess.
3. a statement or an action that shows that somebody refuses to accept something and questions whether it is right, legal, etc.
• Their legal challenge was unsuccessful.
• It was a direct challenge to the president's authority.
• The commission reconsidered the rules after a challenge from the television networks.

Extra Examples

• The demonstration represents a direct challenge to the new law.
• a legal challenge to the President's power
• He was answering challenges to the government's policy.
• Our team will have to fight off the challenge from better trained teams.

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the senses ‘accusation’ and ‘accuse’): from Old French chalenge (noun), chalenger (verb), from Latin calumnia ‘calumny’, calumniari ‘slander’.