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# challenger

«challenger» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person or team that tries to beat the champion or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a challenger, challengers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person or team that tries to beat the champion or winner in a competition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenger/#m1)

2) A person who questions whether something is right or true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenger/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in sport and games (the challenger fights the champion), in elections (a challenger tries to win a seat), and in debate. It tells the reader who is trying to take the top place. Phrases: the challenger to, a new challenger, strong challenger.

### examples

- The young challenger beat the champion in the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenger/#x1)
- A new challenger has entered the chess club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenger/#x2)
- The challenger trained hard for the boxing match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenger/#x3)
- She was a strong challenger for the title. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenger/#x4)
- In the election, the challenger won more votes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenger/#x5)
- Every challenger must pass three tests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenger/#x6)
- The challenger questioned the referee's decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenger/#x7)

### note

Countable: challengers. From challenge. Opposite role: champion, holder. Does not always mean the person is rude; it means they compete or question.

### In the corpora

- [The deepest known point of the ocean is the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific, about 10,900 metres down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/5-continents-and-oceans/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «challenger» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/challenger/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.