Challenged Challenge Challenging Picasso ˈtʃælɪndʒ Court Great Verb

• the story was completely untrue and was successfully challenged in court.
• she does not like anyone challenging her authority.
• this discovery challenges traditional beliefs.
• some critics argue that picasso remained a great master all his life.

challenge

1. to question whether a statement or an action is right, legal, etc.; to refuse to accept something
• synonym dispute
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• The story was completely untrue and was successfully challenged in court.
• She does not like anyone challenging her authority.
• This discovery challenges traditional beliefs.
• Some critics argue that Picasso remained a great master all his life.
• Others maintain that there is a significant deterioration in quality in his post-war work.
• Picasso himself claimed that good art is created, but great art is stolen.
• As Smith has noted, Picasso borrowed imagery from African art.
• As the author points out, Picasso borrowed imagery from African art.
• The writer challenges the notion that Picasso’s sculpture was secondary to his painting.
• It has been suggested that Picasso’s painting was influenced by jazz music.
2. to invite somebody to enter a competition, fight, etc.; to suggest strongly that somebody should do something (especially when you think that they might be unwilling to do it)
• Mike challenged me to a game of chess.
• The opposition leader challenged the prime minister to call an election.
3. to test somebody’s ability and skills, especially in an interesting way
• The job doesn't really challenge her.
4. to order somebody to stop and say who they are or what they are doing
• We were challenged by police at the border.

Extra Examples

• Harley sought to challenge the jurisdiction of the court.
• No one has seriously challenged the champion.
• She challenged him on his old-fashioned views.
• She was effectively challenging the whole basis on which society was run.
• She was poised to challenge for the party leadership.
• The count challenged him to a duel.
• The newspaper was directly challenging the government’s legitimacy.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they challenge
• he / she / it challenges
• past simple challenged
• past participle challenged
• -ing form challenging

Word Origin

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