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challenge the central thesis

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podważać główną tezę

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EN · C1

The expression’s meaning in conversation

  1. A

    The experiment challenged the central thesis of the earlier article.

    Eksperyment podważył główną tezę starszego artykułu.

  2. B

    How do you understand the expression “challenge the central thesis” in this situation?

    Jak rozumiesz wyrażenie „podważać główną tezę” w tej sytuacji?

  3. A

    Let’s look at who acts in this example and what they want to achieve. That will help us understand the expression in this situation.

    Spójrzmy, kto działa w tym przykładzie i co chce osiągnąć. To pomoże nam uchwycić sens wyrażenia w tej sytuacji.

  4. B

    I’ll give another example. Let’s compare them and see what they share in meaning.

    Podam drugi przykład. Porównajmy je i sprawdźmy, co w znaczeniu pozostaje wspólne.

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Translations

Polishpodważać główną tezęverbNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Germandie zentrale These infrage stellenverbNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Spanishcuestionar la tesis centralverbNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Russianоспаривать центральный тезисverbNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.

Examples of use

Polish

Eksperyment podważył główną tezę starszego artykułu.

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English

The experiment challenged the central thesis of the earlier article.

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German

Das Experiment stellte die zentrale These des älteren Artikels infrage.

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Spanish

El experimento cuestionó la tesis central del artículo anterior.

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Russian

Эксперимент поставил под сомнение центральный тезис более ранней статьи.

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Grammar

verb

Dictionary form
challenge the central thesis

Present

Present
Ichallenge the central thesis
youchallenge the central thesis
he / she / itchallenges the central thesis
wechallenge the central thesis
you (plural)challenge the central thesis
theychallenge the central thesis

Past

Past
Ichallenged the central thesis
youchallenged the central thesis
he / she / itchallenged the central thesis
wechallenged the central thesis
you (plural)challenged the central thesis
theychallenged the central thesis

Future

Future
Iwill challenge the central thesis
youwill challenge the central thesis
he / she / itwill challenge the central thesis
wewill challenge the central thesis
you (plural)will challenge the central thesis
theywill challenge the central thesis
  • Present Simple, Past Simple and future with will. These tables show statements.
  • The table conjugates the main verb in the context of the whole expression. Nouns, adjectives and dependent infinitives inside it are not separate headwords.

Example

The experiment challenged the central thesis of the earlier article.

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