Collocations with challenge

challenge _noun

big, great, huge, major
・The bridge will be a major challenge for the engineers.

biggest, greatest
・Our biggest challenge is finding the money.

new, fresh
・Ross is looking for a fresh challenge.

tough, formidable, daunting
・The mountain presents a formidable challenge to climbers.

real
・Winning the championship will be a real challenge.

serious
・These problems pose a serious challenge for the government.

intellectual, physical, technical, etc.
・I enjoy the intellectual challenge of solving problems.

face
・The new government faces some difficult challenges.

meet
・I am confident that we can meet the challenge.

rise to
・It was a difficult project but we rose to the challenge.

deal with, tackle
・Governments have only just begun to deal with the challenge of global warming.

accept, take up
・The new team captain says he is ready to take up the challenge.

like, love, enjoy, relish
・She is relishing the challenge of learning a new language.

respond to
・We must respond to the challenge of global warming.

represent, constitute
・This game represents the biggest challenge of his career.

present, pose
・Large classes present a challenge for teachers.

provide
・Her new job provided a real challenge.

CHALLENGE + VERB
face, confront
・There are many challenges facing our country today.

decision, ruling
・She plans to challenge the court’s decision.

idea, notion, view
・He was one of the first people to challenge the idea that the Sun went around the Earth.

assumption
・Duchamp challenges all our assumptions about art.

claim, argument, statement
・They challenged the claim that carbon dioxide emissions contributed to global warming.

stereotype, preconception
・The book challenges the stereotype that women are better at looking after children.

authority
・The manager thought he was trying to challenge her authority.

legality, validity
・Many people have challenged the legality of the war.

successfully • unsuccessfully
・The company successfully challenged the ruling in the High Court.

strongly, vigorously
・They will vigorously challenge any attempt to change the law.

openly, publicly
・Anyone who openly challenges his authority risks severe punishment.

directly
・They did not directly challenge the system, but worked to change it.