{
    "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
}