Hyphenation of challenge

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word challenge? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of challenge:

1.	A demanding or stimulating situation They reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power
2.	A call to engage in a contest or fight
3.	Questioning a statement and demanding an explanation His challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy
4.	A formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
5.	A demand by a sentry for a password or identification
6.	Take exception to She challenged his claims
7.	Issue a challenge to Fischer challenged Spassky to a match
8.	Ask for identification The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard
9.	Raise a formal objection in a court of law

Synonyms of challenge:

noun	situation, state of affairs
noun	speech act
noun	questioning, inquiring
noun	objection
noun	demand
verb	dispute, gainsay, contest, contend, repugn
verb	invite, bid
verb	request, bespeak, call for, quest
verb	take exception, object

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.