Conjugation of to challenge

Conjugation of the English verb to challenge with pronunciation. To challenge is regular.

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Challenge verb conjugation

 TenseConjugation
1.Infinitive (stem):challenge
2.Past simple:challenged
3.Past participle:challenged
4.3rd person singular:challenges
5.Present participle:challenging
6.Imperative:challenge!

Active voice of to challenge

Active conjugation of the regular verb to challenge in all tenses and persons.

Nominal forms
Infinitive:
To challenge
Present participle:
challenging
Past participle:
challenged
Indicative

Present
Ichallenge
youchallenge
he/she/itchallenges
wechallenge
youchallenge
theychallenge
Perfect
Ihave challenged
youhave challenged
he/she/ithas challenged
wehave challenged
youhave challenged
theyhave challenged
Past
Ichallenged
youchallenged
he/she/itchallenged
wechallenged
youchallenged
theychallenged
Past perfect
Ihad challenged
youhad challenged
he/she/ithad challenged
wehad challenged
youhad challenged
theyhad challenged
Future
Iwill challenge
youwill challenge
he/she/itwill challenge
wewill challenge
youwill challenge
theywill challenge
Future perfect
Iwill have challenged
youwill have challenged
he/she/itwill have challenged
wewill have challenged
youwill have challenged
theywill have challenged
Conditional

Present
Iwould challenge
youwould challenge
he/she/itwould challenge
wewould challenge
youwould challenge
theywould challenge
Perfect
Iwould have challenged
youwould have challenged
he/she/itwould have challenged
wewould have challenged
youwould have challenged
theywould have challenged
Indicative - Continuous forms

Present
Iam challenging
youare challenging
he/she/itis challenging
weare challenging
youare challenging
theyare challenging
Present perfect
Ihave been challenging
youhave been challenging
he/she/ithave been challenging
wehave been challenging
youhave been challenging
theyhave been challenging
Past
Iwas challenging
youwere challenging
he/she/itwas challenging
wewere challenging
youwere challenging
theywere challenging
Past perfect
Ihad been challenging
youhad been challenging
he/she/ithad been challenging
wehad been challenging
youhad been challenging
theyhad been challenging
Future
Iwill be challenging
youwill be challenging
he/she/itwill be challenging
wewill be challenging
youwill be challenging
theywill be challenging
Future perfect
Iwill have been challenging
youwill have been challenging
he/she/itwill have been challenging
wewill have been challenging
youwill have been challenging
theywill have been challenging
Conditional - Continuous forms

Present
Iwould challenge
youwould challenge
he/she/itwould challenge
wewould challenge
youwould challenge
theywould challenge
Perfect
Iwould have challenged
youwould have challenged
he/she/itwould have challenged
wewould have challenged
youwould have challenged
theywould have challenged
Imperative

Affirmative
youchallenge!
weLet's challenge!
you (pl.)challenge!
Negative
youdon't challenge!
(do not challenge)
you (pl.)don't challenge!
(do not challenge)

Passive voice of to challenge

The passive voice of to challenge is created by combining a form of the verb "to be" with the past participle of the verb.

Nominal forms
Infinitive:
To challenge
Past participle:
challenged
Indicative

Present
Iam challenged
youare challenged
he/she/itis challenged
weare challenged
youare challenged
theyare challenged
Perfect
Ihave been challenged
youhave been challenged
he/she/ithas been challenged
wehave been challenged
youhave been challenged
theyhave been challenged
Past
Iwas challenged
youwere challenged
he/she/itwas challenged
wewere challenged
youwere challenged
theywere challenged
Past perfect
Ihad been challenged
youhad been challenged
he/she/ithad been challenged
wehad been challenged
youhad been challenged
theyhad been challenged
Future
Iwill be challenged
youwill be challenged
he/she/itwill be challenged
wewill be challenged
youwill be challenged
theywill be challenged
Future perfect
Iwill have been challenged
youwill have been challenged
he/she/itwill have been challenged
wewill have been challenged
youwill have been challenged
theywill have been challenged
Conditional

Present
Iwould be challenged
youwould be challenged
he/she/itwould be challenged
wewould be challenged
youwould be challenged
theywould be challenged
Perfect
Iwould have been challenged
youwould have been challenged
he/she/itwould have been challenged
wewould have been challenged
youwould have been challenged
theywould have been challenged
Indicative - Continuous forms

Present
Iam being challenged
youare being challenged
he/she/itis being challenged
weare being challenged
youare being challenged
theyare being challenged
Present perfect
Ihave been being challenged
youhave been being challenged
he/she/ithas been being challenged
wehave been being challenged
youhave been being challenged
theyhave been being challenged
Past
Iwas being challenged
youwere being challenged
he/she/itwas being challenged
wewere being challenged
youwere being challenged
theywere being challenged
Past perfect
Ihad been being challenged
youhad been being challenged
he/she/ithad been being challenged
wehad been being challenged
youhad been being challenged
theyhad been being challenged
Future
Iwill be being challenged
youwill be being challenged
he/she/itwill be being challenged
wewill be being challenged
youwill be being challenged
theywill be being challenged
Future perfect
Iwill have been being challenged
youwill have been being challenged
he/she/itwill have been being challenged
wewill have been being challenged
youwill have been being challenged
theywill have been being challenged
Conditional - Continuous forms

Present
Iwould be being challenged
youwould be being challenged
he/she/itwould be being challenged
wewould be being challenged
youwould be being challenged
theywould be being challenged
Perfect
Iwould have been being challenged
youwould have been being challenged
he/she/itwould have been being challenged
wewould have been being challenged
youwould have been being challenged
theywould have been being challenged

What does challenge mean?

Definitions

Verb

challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
challenge - take exception to; "She challenged his claims"
challenge - raise a formal objection in a court of law
challenge - ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"

Examples of to challenge

  • 1. The ARVN was not having a big problem with the Local VC (the guerilla movement), they were being challenged by the Main Force VC (which was light infantry) and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA).
  • 2. Unfortunately for those eager to indefinitely carry on with the lucrative business of conflict resolution in South Asia, Pervez Musharraf has now called Colin Powell's bluff, challenging him to deliver on his frequent statements implying that the Indians jump to his commands.
  • 3. Although while in jail in the early 1980s, Zawahiri caused considerable tension by challenging the blind sheik's ability to lead a coalition of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and the Egyptian Islamic Group, Zawahiri and OBL are Rahman's friends.
  • 4. This is really an end goal aim of NASA & Company and also does not allow anyone challenging the moon landing hoax.

Translation of to challenge

  • German flag herausfordern
  • French flag défier
  • Spanish flag retar, desafiar
  • Portuguese flag desafiar
  • Bulgarian flag предизвиквам, отричам, оспорвам, повиквам, поканвам, възразявам
  • Catalan flag desafiar
  • Czech flag vyzvat
  • Danish flag udfordre
  • Dutch flag uitdagen, betwisten, tarten, wraken
  • Hebrew flag אתגר
  • Korean flag 도전하다
  • Polish flag ośmielić, zakwestionować, wyzwać
  • Romanian flag provoca
  • Russian flag вызывать
  • Swedish flag utmana, ifrågasätta
  • Turkish flag meydan okumak

Smart verb lists

Ends on -d in past tense
Ends on -ed in past tense
Verbs ending on -y
Double consonant
Irregular
Ends in s, o, ch, se, ss, x, z
Color meanings
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  • Red = Irregular
  • Orange = Stem change
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Color meanings
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  • Red = Irregular
  • Orange = Stem change
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