a person who takes part in a competition or an election to win a position that someone else already has the senator's challenger in the election
chal • leng • ing AWL / ' tjabnd3ig / adjective
difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability a challenging piece of work
cham • pagne / Jam' pein / noun
[noncount]
a French white wine with a lot of bubbles
cham • pi • on / ' tfampbn/ noun [ count ]
( sports ) a person who is the best at a sport or game a chess champion the world champion
cham • pi • on • ship / ' tfampbnjip / noun [ count ]
( sports ) a competition to find the best player or team in a sport or game
Our team won the championship this year.
chance О / t/ans /
[ count ] a possibility that something may happen There's no chance that she'll come now.
She has a good chance of becoming the next president. He doesn't stand (= have ) a chance of passing the exam.
[ count ] a time when you can do something It was their last chance to escape.
Be quiet and give her a chance to explain.
—SYNONYM opportunity
[ noncount ] when something happens that you cannot control or that you have not planned
We must plan this carefully. I don't want to leave anything to chance .
We met by chance at the train station. —SYNONYM luck take a chance
to do something when it is possible that something bad may happen because of it
We may lose money, but we'll just have to take that chance.
chan • cel • lor
[count]
( politics ) the head of the government in some countries the German chancellor
the head of some universities
the chancellor of Washington University
chan • de • lier
/ lГandэ 'lir / noun [ count ] a large frame that hangs from the ceiling and holds many small lights a crystal chandelier
change
1W / t feind3 / verb (chang es,chang • ing ,changed )
to become different
She has changed a lot since the last time I saw her — she looks much older.
Water changes into ice when it gets very cold.
to make something different
At this restaurant they change the menu every week.
to put or take something in place of another thing to change a lightbulb
He changed the day of the meeting from Monday to Tuesday.
I need to change some money (= exchange money into the money of another country ) at the airport.
( also get changed ) to put on different clothes I need to change before I go out.
You need to get changed for soccer practice. He changed out of his suit and into his running shorts.
5 to get off a train, bus, or airplane and get on another one To get to San Francisco, I have to change planes in Chicago.
change 2 Ч? / tjeind3 / noun
[ count ] when something becomes different The new administration has made a lot of changes . There has been a change in the weather.
[ noncount ] the money that you get back if you pay more than the amount something costs
If a newspaper costs $1.50 and you pay with two dollar bills, you will get 50 cents change.
[ noncount ] small pieces of money; coins I don't have any change on me.
for a change
because you want something different
Today we had lunch in a restaurant for a change.
chan • nelaw п / ' tfrenl / noun [ count ]
a TV station
Which channel is the game on?
( geography ) a long narrow place where water can go the English Channel (= the area of water between England and France )
chant / t/rent / verb (chants,chant ing ,chant ed )
