haaste — meaning in English
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English meaning
- challenge noun A task or situation that tests someone's abilities in a demanding but often rewarding way.
- dare verb To have the courage or nerve to do something.
- gage noun Something given as a pledge or security, often as a challenge to a duel or contest.
- subpoena noun A legal order requiring someone to appear in court or produce evidence, under threat of punishment for ignoring it.
- summons noun A formal order to appear somewhere, especially in court.
- trial noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.
Senses
haaste is used for these senses in English:
- challenge A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- challenge (legal, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
- dare A challenge to prove courage.
- gage Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
- subpoena (law) A writ requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.
- subpoena (figurative) A motive or thing which can compel or demand something, or summon someone.
- summons (legal) A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
- trial A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially, religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.
challenge — full definition
- noun A task or situation that tests someone's abilities in a demanding but often rewarding way.
- noun An invitation to a contest, or a questioning of something's validity.
- verb To dispute or question something, or to invite someone to a contest.
dare — full definition
- verb To have the courage or nerve to do something.
- verb To challenge someone to do something risky or difficult, as proof of courage.
- noun A challenge to do something that requires courage.