where the rules should be challenged.

English translation: be questioned

09:32 Jun 11, 2005
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English term or phrase: where the rules should be challenged.
There is trust in employees that they can recognize situations where the rules should be challenged.
What is the meaning of 'where rules should be challenged.'?
adda
Selected answer:be questioned
Explanation:
where the rules can be questioned for their validity or usefulness, going against the rules if the rules don't have too much utility for the company.
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3 +8be questioned
npis
4 +1when one is better off breaking the rules
Nick Lingris
4one should doubt and/ or violate them
Сергей Лузан
4 -1not to conform to the rules / not to follow the rules / not to comply with the rules /
Mihaela Brooks


  

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be questioned


Explanation:
where the rules can be questioned for their validity or usefulness, going against the rules if the rules don't have too much utility for the company.

npis
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agree  David Russi
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree  Refugio
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agree  Can Altinbay: That's about right. This sentence hangs in a delicate balance.
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not to conform to the rules / not to follow the rules / not to comply with the rules /


Explanation:
challange rules = not to conform to the rules / not to follow the rules / not to comply with the rules /


Mihaela Brooks
Canada
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disagree  Refugio: To challenge the rules doesn't necessarily lead to non-compliance.
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when one is better off breaking the rules


Explanation:
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-06-11 09:40:10 GMT)
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Disputing the rules would be closer to \'challenge\', but I hope this helps you better to understand.

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Note added at 6 hrs 20 mins (2005-06-11 15:52:59 GMT)
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to challenge = to refuse to accept that something is right, fair, or legal.
A good example of \'challenge\': Ruth is challenging the accuracy of my answer.
She is right. \'Question\' and \'dispute\' are accurate synonyms of \'challenge\' in this context.
I thought \'breaking the rules\' would help you to understand. I hope I have not misled you, and that the previous explanation of \'challenge\' does the job better. OK, everyone?

Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou: "to dispute or deny" according to Oxford Concise, "to dispute especially as being unjust, invalid, or outmoded" according to Mer.Webster's Collegiate. I suppose the second one is by far more comprehensible. Meraaaa!
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disagree  Refugio: To challenge the rules doesn't necessarily mean to break them.//This is more than oversimplification, it's overextension of the meaning.//I do agree with 'disputed'; maybe you are over-challenging?
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  -> I have already made that comment in my note. I'm merely trying to help adda by giving her simple explanations. // Sure. But try challenging the eggs to make an omelette. You'll find you may have to break them.

agree  jrb: the fine line of simplification ... maybe when one would hypothetically be better off ... but disputed is closer :)
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one should doubt and/ or violate them


Explanation:
if necessary. That's it IMHO. Hope it helps. Good luck, adda!

An act or statement of defiance; a call to confrontation: a challenge to the government's authority.
A demand for explanation or justification; a calling into question: a challenge to a theory.
To express opposition, often by argument: demur, except, expostulate, inveigh, object, protest, remonstrate. Informal kick, squawk. Idioms: set up a squawk, take exception. See support/oppose.
To take a stand against: buck, contest, dispute, oppose, resist, traverse. See support/oppose.

To dispute esp. as being invalid or unjust (counsel challenged this interpretation)
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Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:36
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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