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counterchallenge

counterchallenge noun: a challenge made in response to another challenge.

Noun

counterchallenge (plural counterchallenges)

  1. A challenge made in response to another challenge.
    • For more than a week, the campaign seemed to be at a standstill while various courts sorted out challenges and counterchallenges.2007 April 23, Jonathan P. Hicks, “With Only Days to Stump, 3 Seek Brooklyn Council Seat”, in New York Times

Forms of counterchallenge

pluralcounterchallenges

Origin of counterchallenge

From counter- + challenge.

Questions about counterchallenge

What does counterchallenge mean?
Counterchallenge means a challenge made in response to another challenge.
What part of speech is counterchallenge?
Counterchallenge is a noun.
What is the plural of counterchallenge?
The plural of counterchallenge is counterchallenges.

Words near counterchallenge in the dictionary

  1. countercathexis
  2. countercation
  3. countercations
  4. countercause
  5. countercauses
  6. counterchallenge
  7. counterchallenges
  8. counterchange
  9. counterchanged
  10. counterchanges
  11. counterchanging

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