Synonyms: challenge
Definition: a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
Similar words: demand
Definition: an urgent or peremptory request
Usage: his demands for attention were unceasing
Synonyms: challenge
Definition: questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
Usage: his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy
Similar words: questioning, inquiring
Definition: a request for information
Synonyms: challenge
Definition: a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
Similar words: objection
Definition: the speech act of objecting
Synonyms: challenge
Definition: a call to engage in a contest or fight
Similar words: speech act
Definition: the use of language to perform some act
Synonyms: challenge
Definition: a demanding or stimulating situation
Usage: they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power
Similar words: situation, state of affairs
Definition: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
Usage: the present international situation is dangerous; wondered how such a state of affairs had come about; eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation- Franklin D.Roosevelt
Synonyms: challenge, take exception
Definition: raise a formal objection in a court of law
Similar words: object
Definition: express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent
Usage: She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with; When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license
Synonyms: challenge
Definition: ask for identification
Usage: The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard
Similar words: bespeak, call for, request, quest
Definition: express the need or desire for; ask for
Usage: She requested an extra bed in her room; She called for room service
Synonyms: challenge
Definition: issue a challenge to
Usage: Fischer challenged Spassky to a match
Synonyms: challenge, dispute, gainsay
Definition: take exception to
Usage: She challenged his claims
Similar words: contend, contest, repugn
Definition: to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
Usage: They contested the outcome of the race