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Attempt
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Attempt has 2 senses
- attempt(n = noun.act) effort, endeavor, endeavour, try - earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" has particulars: batting, best, worst, bid, play, crack, fling, go, offer, pass, whirl, essay, foray, contribution, part, share, liberation, mug's game, power play, squeeze, squeeze play, seeking, shot, stab, shot, nisus, pains, strain, striving, battle, struggle, takeover attempt, run, test, trial, test, trial
- attempt(n = noun.act) attack - the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life" is a kind of crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense
is a kind of activity
Derived form verb attempt1
has particulars: assault
Verb Attempt has 2 senses
- attempt(v = verb.social) assay, essay, seek, 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" is one way to act, move
- attempt(v = verb.creation) set about, undertake - enter upon an activity or enterprise; Array is one way to initiate, pioneer
Derived forms noun attempt1, noun attempter1
Sample sentence:
They Attempt to move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
CIDE DICTIONARY
Attempt, v. t. [OF. atenter, also spelt atempter, F. attenter, fr. L. attentare to attempt; ad + tentare, temptare, to touch, try, v. intens. of tendere to stretch. See Tempt, and cf. Attend.].
- To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight. [1913 Webster]"Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose." [1913 Webster] - To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. [1913 Webster]"It made the laughter of an afternoon
That Vivien should attempt the blameless king." [1913 Webster] - To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman. [1913 Webster]"Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further:
Take some remembrance of us, as a tribute." [1913 Webster] - To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp. [1913 Webster]"Without attempting his adversary's life." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- See Try.
Attempt, v. i.
To make an attempt; -- with upon. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Attempt, n.
A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort. [1913 Webster]
"By his blindness maimed for high attempts."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
Attempt, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by to + infin.) seek to achieve or complete (a task or action) (attempted the exercise; attempted to explain).
2 seek to climb or master (a mountain etc.).
--n. (often foll. by at, on, or to + infin.) an act of attempting; an endeavour (made an attempt at winning; an attempt to succeed; an attempt on his life).
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by to + infin.) seek to achieve or complete (a task or action) (attempted the exercise; attempted to explain).
2 seek to climb or master (a mountain etc.).
--n. (often foll. by at, on, or to + infin.) an act of attempting; an endeavour (made an attempt at winning; an attempt to succeed; an attempt on his life).
Idiom
attempt the life of archaic try to kill.
Derivative
attemptable adj.
Etymology
OF attempter f. L attemptare (as AD-, temptare TEMPT)
THESAURUS
Attempt
accept, affair, aim to, approach, assault, assay, assume, attack, attempt to, begin, beginning, bid, buckle to, business, care, chance, commence, commencement, commitment, contract, crack, dare, dare to, deal, effort, embark in, embark upon, endeavor, engage, engage in, engagement, enter on, enter upon, enterprise, essay, experiment, fall into, fall to, fling, gambit, get under way, go, go about, go at, go in for, go into, go upon, hassle, have at, hazard, inaugurate, initiate, initiation, launch forth, launch into, lay about, lick, lift a finger, make an attempt, make an effort, make bold, make free, move, move into, obligation, offer, operation, pains, pitch into, plan, plunge into, presume, pretend, pretend to, proceed to, program, project, proposition, seek, seek to, set about, set at, set forward, set going, set to, shot, shy, stab, start, step, strive, strive to, striving, stroke, strong bid, struggle, study to, tackle, take on, take the liberty, take up, task, tentative, trial, trial and error, trouble, try, try and, try to, turn to, undertake, undertaking, venture, venture on, venture to, venture upon, whack, workROGET THESAURUS
Attempt
Essay
N essay, trial, endeavor, attempt, aim, struggle, venture, adventure, speculation, coup d'essai, debut, probation, essaying, experimental, tentative, empirical, probationary, experimentally, on trial, at a venture, by rule of thumb, if one may be so bold, aut non tentaris aut perfice, chi non s'arrischia non guadagna.VB try, essay, experiment, endeavor, strive, tempt, attempt, make an attempt, venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance, tempt fortune, try one's fortune, try one's luck, try one's hand, use one's endeavor, feel one's way, grope one's way, pick one's way, try hard, push, make a bold push, use one's best endeavor, do one's best.
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