challenges is a form of:
Challenge
noun
- 1.
- (a call to try one's skill or strength against another, formal objection, an invitation to a contest) ការបង្កហេតុ, កិច្ចដែលបណ្ដាលឲ្យរឿងហេតុ, ការសួរដេញដោល, សំណួរដេញដោល, ការដាក់កំហិត, ការមិនទទួលស្គាល់, សមត្ថកិច្ច, ការបដិសេធ, ការប្រកែក
- 2.
- ការហៅប្រកួត, ការជំទាស់ទៅនឹងការសម្រេចចិត្ត
- 3.
- (accept his) challenge ការបបួលប្រកួត, ការបបួលឈ្លោះ
- 4.
- Challenge (to his authority) ការប្រឆាំង
verb — past tense: challenged ; past participle: challenged ; present participle: challenging ;
- 1.
- (To call upon a person to settle a dispute by fighting, to summon to answer, to call in question) បង្កហេតុ, បបួលប្រកួត, មិនជឿថាមានសមត្ថភាព
Example: To challenge a hasty remark, I challenge anyone to race me, The sentry challenged him at the gate. - 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) ជជែក, ប្រឈ្លោះ, ប្រជែង
- 3.
- (FIGURATIVE) បំពាន, ជំនះ, ពុះពារ, មិនទុកចិត្ដ, សង្ស័យ, បបួល, រករឿង, បណ្ដាលឲ្យ, នាំមកនូវ, បង្កូកសួរ, សួរដេញដោល, បង្កាប់មិនទទួលស្គាល់សមត្ថកិច្ច, បដិសេធ, ប្រកែក, ដណ្ដើម
- 4.
- ស្នើអោយចូលប្រកួត, បដិសេធ
- 5.
- បបួលប្រកួត, រកប្រកួត, រករឿងឈ្លោះ, បង្ករឿង
Example: Challenge him to a fight. - 6.
- បញ្ចេញយោបល់ប្រឆាំង
Example: Challenge his authority.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- 2.
- The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign.
- 3.
- A claim or demand.
- 4.
- The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
- 5.
- An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause.
- 6.
- An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
verb — past tense: challenged ; past participle: challenged ; present participle: challenging ;
- 1.
- To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.
- 2.
- To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat.
- 3.
- To claim as due; to demand as a right.
- 4.
- To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with "Who comes there?"
- 5.
- To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
- 6.
- To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court.
- 7.
- To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter.
- 8.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To assert a right; to claim a place.
- 1.
- object to, question
- 2.
- brave, dare, defy
- 3.
- call, invite, summon
- 4.
- demand, require
- 1.
- To censure, to blame