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{
"term": "challenging",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "challenging work/questions/problems"
},
{
"text": "I have had a challenging and rewarding career as a teacher."
},
{
"text": "He found the course academically challenging."
},
{
"text": "The tasks were not challenging enough for me and I got bored."
},
{
"text": "We have changed the course to make it more challenging."
},
{
"text": "It will be a challenging target to meet."
}
],
"topics": ["Working life"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove", "make something"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "done in a way that invites people to disagree or argue with you, or shows that you disagree with them",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She gave him a challenging look. ‘Are you really sure?’ she demanded."
},
{
"text": "Dealing with challenging behaviour in school is never easy."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ/",
"audio": "ch/challenging/challenging__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ/",
"audio": "ch/challenging/challenging__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}