Definitions for Challenging
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. ambitious, challengingadjective

   requiring full use of your abilities or resources

   "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"

2. challenging, thought-provokingadjective

   stimulating interest or thought

   "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book"

3. challenging, intriguingadjective

   disturbingly provocative

   "an intriguing smile"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. challengingadjective

   Difficult, hard to do.

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1. challenging

   Challenging refers to something that requires significant effort, skill or resilience to undertake or accomplish due to its complexity, difficulty or demand. It often implies a task, problem, or situation that puts one's abilities and resources to test, inviting growth and development through overcoming obstacles and difficulties.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Challenging

   of Challenge

How to pronounce Challenging?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Tessa

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How to say Challenging in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Challenging in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Challenging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Challenging in a Sentence

1. Mark McCarthy:

   The highest temperatures experienced in the UK tend to occur when our weather is influenced by air masses from continental Europe or North Africa, as it will be at the weekend, there is already a strongly-embedded warming due to climate change across the continent, that is increasing the likelihood of challenging the existing UK temperature record.

2. Guillaume Menuet:

   It remains a challenging backdrop.

3. Laith Khalaf:

   Tesco has maintained the positive momentum it picked up around the beginning of this year, with sales continuing to rise against a challenging retail backdrop, the elephant in the room is Amazon, which is currently testing out a grocery delivery service for some customers in London; if successful this represents a clear and present danger to the health of UK supermarkets.

4. Lifeguard Battalion Chief Brian O'Rourke:

   When the crowds get extremely large it's challenging because we are focusing on the water, because we don't want people to drown.

5. Rod Doss:

   We are challenging the community to own this problem.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Challenging
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Challenging
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Challenging