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Look up: challenge

  1. Challenge
    [gasoline] Challenge! is a New Zealand petrol brand of Caltex New Zealand, whose parent company is Chevron Corporation. Challenge! stations are often found in small New Zealand towns, both in the North and South Islands. The petrol station itself, is usually limited with fuel and amenities a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_(

  2. challenge
    [n] - a demanding or stimulating situation 2. [n] - a call to engage in a contest or fight 3. [n] - a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror 4. [n] - questioning a statement and demanding an explanation 5. [n] - a demand by a sentry for a password ...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. challenge
    of an arbitritor, of a judge. Category: Politics • any process carried out by one unit or person with the object of ascertaining the friendly or hostile character or identity of another Category: Defense
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Challenge
    Chal'lenge noun [ Middle English chalenge claim, accusation, challenge, Old French chalenge , chalonge , claim, accusation, contest, from Latin calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See Calumny .] 1. An invita...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/52

  5. Challenge
    Chal'lenge transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Challenged ; present participle & verbal noun Challenging .] [ Middle English chalengen to accuse, claim, Old French chal...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/52

  6. Challenge
    Chal'lenge intransitive verb To assert a right; to claim a place. « Where nature doth with merit challenge . Shak. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/52

  7. challenge
    noun a call to engage in a contest or fight
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. challenge
    noun a demanding or stimulating situation; `they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. challenge
    verb issue a challenge to; `Fischer challenged Spassky to a match`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. challenge
    gainsay verb take exception to; `She challenged his claims`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. challenge
    (chal´әnj) to administer a chemical substance to a patient for observation of whether the normal physiological response occurs. in immunology, to administer antigen to evoke an immunologic response in a previously sensitized individual. the administration of such a substance in order to asses...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  12. Challenge
    • (n.) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game. • (v. i.) To assert a right; to claim a place. • (n.) The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign. • (n.) An exception to a person as not legally qu...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. Challenge
    [game magazine] Challenge was a role-playing game magazine published by Game Designers` Workshop between 1986 and 1996. Announced in Journal of the Travellers Aid Society No. 22, the new (at the time unnamed) magazine was going to expand JTAS to a larger format (8.5"×11") and add coverage o...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_(

  14. Challenge
    [1984 film] Challenge (ఛాలెంజ్) is a 1984 Telugu film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Chiranjeevi, Rao Gopal Rao, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, and Vijayashanti in the lead roles. Maestro Ilayaraja composed music for the film. This film is based on fiction work by Yandamoori...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_(

  15. Challenge
    [Scrabble] In the game of Scrabble, a challenge is the act of one player questioning the validity of one or more words formed by another player in the most recent turn. If one or more of the challenged words is not in the previously agreed-upon dictionary, the challenged player loses his or ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_(

  16. Challenge
    A challenge is a general term referring to things that are imbued with a sense of difficulty and victory. Challenge may also refer to: ==Film and television== ==Music== ==Publications== ==Transportation== ===Plane contests=== ===Other uses=== ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge

  17. Challenge
    [TV channel] Challenge is a United Kingdom digital TV channel that mostly airs programmes dedicated to gameshows. It is owned by British Sky Broadcasting. The channel mostly transmits repeats of programmes acquired from UK terrestrial channel archives (e.g. BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4, ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_(

  18. challenge
    • a demanding or stimulating situation
    • a call to engage in a contest or fight
    • questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
    • a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
    • a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

    Found on

  19. challenge
    call for energetic work or action
    Found on http://www.eslgold.com/acad_vocab_defini

  20. Challenge
    This word has several significations. 1. It is an exception or objection to a juror. 2. A call by one person upon another to a single combat, which is said to be a challenge to fight.
    Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c222.htm

  21. Challenge
    (n) Challenge is the method by which an attorney in a trial objects the position taken by a jury in a trial when the juror has shown a conflict of interest or prejudice. Once challenged judge must resolve the issue else the attorney can move peremptory challenge.
    Found on http://www.legal-explanations.com/defini

  22. challenge
    n. the right of each attorney in a jury trial to request that a juror be excused. There may be a "challenge for cause" on the basis the juror had admitted prejudice or shows some obvious conflict of interest (e.g. the juror used to work for the defendant or was once charged with the same type of cri...
    Found on http://dictionary.law.com/Default.xhtml?

  23. Challenge
    [cycle and car] Challenge started to make cycles in Foleshill, Coventry, England in 1903, and they also made a Challenge light car from about 1912 to 1915. They moved into new premises on Fosehill Road, Coventry in about 1906 to 1907, which consisted of an impressive symmetrical red-brick of...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_(

  24. Challenge
    [Telugu film] This category is for Industry trade groups in the United States. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_(

  25. Challenge
    [literature] The American Library Association (ALA) defines a challenge to literature as an attempt by a person or group of people to have materials, such as books, removed from a library or school curriculum, or otherwise restricted. Merely objecting to material is not a challenge without t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_(



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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