challenging

US: /ˈtʃæɫəndʒɪŋ/
UK: /t‍ʃˈælɪnd‍ʒˌɪŋ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


challenging
  • tính từ
    • đề ra những vấn đề thử thách năng lực của ai; kích thích
      • a challenging job, test, assignment: một công việc, sự thử thách, sự phân công kích thích

Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective
1 difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability: challenging work / questions / problems + a challenging and rewarding career as a teacher
2 done in a way that invites people to disagree or argue with you, or shows that you disagree with them: She gave him a challenging look. 'Are you really sure?' she demanded.

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
1 question, dispute, defy, object to, take exception to, contest, doubt, call into doubt, call into or to question, impugn:
I challenge the validity of your accusation.
2 invite, dare, summon, call out, provoke:
The duke was challenged to a duel.
3 brave, dare, confront, defy, contest:
We could challenge criticism with an easy confidence.
n.
4 question, dispute, doubt:
His opinions are open to challenge.
5 invitation, dare, summons, provocation, confrontation, defiance; ultimatum:
An older opponent might not have issued such a challenge.
6 problem, demand, stimulation, trial, test:
Are you sure that Mr Wilson will be able to meet the challenge of the new position?

Collocation dictionary


VERBS

be, prove | make sth
We have changed the course to make it more challenging.
| find sth
He found the course academically challenging.

ADV.

extremely, very | quite | enough, sufficiently
The tasks were not challenging enough for me and I got bored.
| academically, intellectually, politically


Concise English dictionary


challenges|challenged|challenging'tʃælɪndʒ
noun
+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
verb
+take exception to
+issue a challenge to
+ask for identification
+raise a formal objection in a court of law