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kyseenalaistaa — 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.
  • contest noun A competition in which people try to win or achieve the best result.
  • dispute noun A disagreement or argument between people, often a formal or ongoing one.
  • doubt verb To feel uncertain about something, or to believe it is unlikely to be true.
  • impeach verb To formally charge a public official with misconduct, often as a step toward removing them from office.
  • impugn verb To assault, attack.
  • query noun A question, especially one asking for information or clarification.
  • question noun A sentence or phrase used to ask for information or a response.

Senses

kyseenalaistaa is used for these senses in English:

  • challenge (transitive) To dispute (something); to contest.
  • contest (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
  • dispute to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
  • doubt (ambitransitive) To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
  • impeach To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
  • impugn (transitive) To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.
  • query (intransitive) To ask a question.
  • query (transitive) To question or call into doubt.

challenge — full definition

  1. noun A task or situation that tests someone's abilities in a demanding but often rewarding way.
  2. noun An invitation to a contest, or a questioning of something's validity.
  3. verb To dispute or question something, or to invite someone to a contest.

contest — full definition

  1. noun A competition in which people try to win or achieve the best result.
  2. verb To formally challenge or dispute something, such as a decision or claim.

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