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noun sth new and difficult ADJ. big, considerable, enormous, great, huge, radical, real, serious, significant, strong | difficult, tough | major, main | fresh, new | exciting, interesting | economic, environmental, intellectual, political, technical, technological Liszt's piano music presents an enormous technical challenge. VERB + CHALLENGE be, pose, present | face, meet, respond to, rise to, take on/up The gallery has risen to the challenge of exhibiting the works of young artists. He has taken on some exciting new challenges with this job. CHALLENGE + VERB face sb the challenges facing nurses in casualty that shows that sb refuses to accept sth ADJ. serious | direct | effective | legal VERB + CHALLENGE be, present, represent The demonstration represents a direct challenge to the new law. PREP. ~ to a legal challenge to the president's power invitation to compete ADJ. leadership, title his title challenge to the heavyweight champion VERB + CHALLENGE issue, mount plans to mount a leadership challenge within the party | accept, take up I accepted his challenge to a game of chess. | beat off, fight off Our team will have to fight off the challenge from better trained teams. PREP. ~ from a challenge from the other political party, verb question whether sth is right/true ADV. directly The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy. | seriously | effectively She was effectively challenging the whole basis on which society was run. | successfully The story was completely untrue and was successfully challenged in court. PREP. on She challenged him on his old-fashioned views. invite sb to compete, argue, etc. ADV. seriously No one has seriously challenged the champion. | successfully, unsuccessfully PREP. for She was poised to challenge for the party leadership. | to The count challenged him to a duel.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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challenge
verbs
meet a challenge
(= deal with one )
• Here are a few tips to help you meet the challenges of university life.
face a challenge
(= have to deal with one )
• The company still faces some challenges.
accept a challenge
(= try to deal with one )
• He was ready to accept new challenges.
take on a challenge
(= accept one )
• The new headteacher has taken on the challenge of improving the school.
present/pose a challenge
(= be a difficult one )
• These changes pose a real challenge to farmers.
provide a challenge
(= be an interesting one )
• Her new job provided a real challenge.
rise to a challenge
(= deal successfully with it )
• It was a difficult project but we rose to the challenge.
love/enjoy/relish a challenge
• Children enjoy a challenge so the work should not be too easy.
adjectives
a big/major/huge/tremendous challenge
• Building the tunnel presented a major challenge to engineers.
a serious challenge
• At the moment we are facing a serious environmental challenge.
a real challenge
(= a difficult one )
• On Monday, Sharapova faced her first real challenge of the tournament.
a formidable/daunting/tough challenge
(= a very difficult one )
• How to deal with waste is a daunting challenge for the west.
the biggest challenge of something
• This could be the biggest challenge of his career.
an intellectual/physical/technical etc challenge
• I love the physical challenge of climbing.
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