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essay::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assay, attempt, seek, try |
| Type of | act, move |
| Has types | pick up the gauntlet, adventure, chance, endeavor, endeavour, risk, run a risk, strive, struggle, take a chance, take a dare, take chances, fight, gamble, give it a try, give it a whirl, grope, have a go, hazard, lay on the line, put on the line |
| Derivation | essayer |
The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps.
essay::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | piece of writing, written material, writing |
| Has types | composition, memoir, paper, report, thanatopsis, theme, disquisition |
| Derivation | essayist |
Examples of essay
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The sixth-grade students have started the process of writing a persuasive essay.
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Instead, Brown was required to write an essay on how he had disappointed people.
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If the credit manager has to write an essay to satisfy you, you will be ignored.
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The essay competition run by Shell and The Economist has reached its fifth year.
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Otani, the Laguna Creek student, plans to write her essay about her grandfather.
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Betsy Montanez, 14, writes an essay on one of the library's 31 public computers.
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This is how Andrew Garza began an essay in his application to Haverford College.
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The essay contest is open to Leeds City Schools'middle and high school students.
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Once you've written your wonderfully evocative and personal essay, proofread it.
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- An analytic or interpretive literary composition
- Try: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
- A tentative attempt
- Test: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
- An essay is a short piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. ...
- A numismatic essay is a coin prototype proposed for general sale or circulation.
- In philately, an essay is a design for a proposed stamp submitted to the postal authorities for consideration but not used, or used after alterations have been made.Mackay, James. Philatelic Terms Illustrated. 4th edition. London: Stanley Gibbons, 2003, p.50. ...
- (Essays (book)) Essays is the title given to a collection of 107 essays written by Michel de Montaigne that was first published in 1580. Montaigne essentially invented the literary form of essay, a short subjective treatment of a given topic, of which the book contains a large number. ...
- (Essays (Francis Bacon)) Essayes: Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed (1597) was the first published book by the philosopher, statesman and jurist Francis Bacon. ...
