Summary


English

Detailed Synonyms for essay in English

essay:

essay [the ~] nom

  1. the essay
    the essay; the paper; the lecture
  2. the essay
    – a tentative attempt 1
    the essay
    – a tentative attempt 1
  3. the essay
    – an analytic or interpretive literary composition 1
    the essay
    – an analytic or interpretive literary composition 1

essay

  1. essay

essay verbe

  1. essay
    – make an effort or attempt 1
    to attempt; to seek; to try; essay; assay
    – make an effort or attempt 1
    • attempt verbe (attempts, attempted, attempting)
      • The police attempted to stop the thief1
    • seek verbe (seeks, sought, seeking)
      • He sought to improve himself1
      • She always seeks to do good in the world1
    • try verbe (tries, tried, trying)
      • He tried to shake off his fears1
    • essay verbe
      • The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps1
    • assay verbe
  2. essay
    – put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to 1
    to prove; to examine; to try; to test; essay; to try out
    – put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to 1
    • prove verbe (proves, proved, proving)
    • examine verbe (examines, examined, examining)
    • try verbe (tries, tried, trying)
      • This approach has been tried with good results1
    • test verbe (tests, tested, testing)
    • essay verbe
    • try out verbe (tries out, tried out, trying out)

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Related Definitions for "essay":

  1. a tentative attempt1
  2. an analytic or interpretive literary composition1
  3. make an effort or attempt1
    • The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps1
  4. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to1