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

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How to pronounce challenging?

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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. Superintendent Rankins-Ibarra:

   Our city struggles with a high case rate, and our community includes many multi-generational families. This makes for a challenging environment, it is unfortunate that individuals still come to campus while they are awaiting Covid test results or after having close contact with someone who is positive, or while they are feeling ill.

2. Alyssa Russomondo:

   The most challenging part was stretching out the feedings, when we were trying to get it to four hours we would try taking him for a walk in the stroller to calm him down and just distract him for a little bit.

3. Tom Dumoulin:

   I had been feeling good lately and today I took time off of my rivals, that's all I wanted, it was a very challenging, very technical course but for me it was okay.

4. Former Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening:

   He understands what it is like to be the top elected official in a really challenging urban area, including the area of law enforcement, what you've got here is a powder keg in the sense that the community doesn't trust the police and the police doesn't trust the community, amidst a growing sense of poverty and inequity and hopelessness.

5. Eric Roberge:

   It's challenging to speak with a client about making changes to his or her portfolio after a year like this one, why would anyone want to choose a different allocation when they just made 15 percent on the year?

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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
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=challenging