Essay

Essay
(Roget's Thesaurus)
<- N
PARAG:Essay->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ essay
essay
trial
endeavor
attempt
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ aim
aim
struggle
venture
adventure
speculation
coup d'essai
debut
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ probation
probation
&c.(experiment) 463
PARAG:Essay->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ try
try
essay
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ experiment
experiment
&c. 463
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ endeavor
endeavor
strive
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ tempt
tempt
attempt
make an attempt
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ venture
venture
adventure
speculate
take one's chance
tempt fortune
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ try one's fortune
try one's fortune
try one's luck
try one's hand
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ use one's endeavor
use one's endeavor
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ feel one's way
feel one's way
grope one's way
pick one's way
GRP: \\ V \\ 2
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ try hard
try hard
push
make a bold push
use one's best endeavor
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ do one's best
do one's best
&c.(exertion) 686
PARAG:Essay->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ essaying
essaying
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ experimental
experimental
&c. 463
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ tentative
tentative
empirical
probationary
PARAG:Essay->Adv
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ experimentally
experimentally
&c.???adj.
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ on trial
on trial
at a venture
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ by rule of thumb
by rule of thumb
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 2 \\ if one may be so bold
if one may be so bold

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  • essay — ESSAY. s. m. Espreuve qu on fait de quelque chose. Faire essay, un essay. faire l essay de la monnoye. faire l essay d une machine. cette drogue est trop violente, il est dangereux d en faire l essay. donner à l essay. prendre à l essay. faire l… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • essay — Essay, m. acut. Est une tentatoire, qui est espreuve de ce qui est à faire, Periculi factio, Tentamentum, L apprenty fait son essay, Suae industriae tyro facit periculum, Selon ce on dit, Faire son coup d essay, Aliqua in re quid de suo ingenio,… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Essay — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Essay País …   Wikipedia Español

  • Essay — Es say, n.; pl. {Essays}. [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf. examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr. exa gion a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Essay — Smn Abhandlung, Aufsatz erw. fach. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. essay, dieses aus afrz. essai, eigentlich Probe, Versuch , aus l. exagium n. das Wägen , einer postverbalen Ableitung von l. exigere (exāctum) abwägen, beurteilen , zu l.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • essay — vb endeavor, strive, struggle, *attempt, try Analogous words: work, labor, toil, travail (see corresponding nouns at WORK) essay n 1 endeavor, striving, struggle, attempt, try (see under ATTEMPT vb) Analogous words: *effort, exertion, trouble,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Essay — Es*say , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Essayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Essaying}.] [F. essayer. See {Essay}, n.] 1. To exert one s power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • essay — [n1] written discourse article, composition, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, explication, exposition, manuscript, paper, piece, study, theme, thesis, tract, treatise; concept 271 essay [n2] try, attempt aim, bid, dry run*, effort,… …   New thesaurus

  • Essay — Essay,derod.das:⇨Abhandlung(1) Essay→Aufsatz …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • Essay — »Abhandlung, die eine literarische oder wissenschaftliche Frage in knapper und anspruchsvoller Form behandelt«: Das Fremdwort wurde in der 2. Hälfte des 19. Jh.s aus gleichbed. engl. essay entlehnt, das aus frz. essai »Versuch, Abhandlung« stammt …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Essay — (engl., spr. Essäh), so v.w. Essai; bes. Essays, in der Englischen Literatur kürzere Aufsätze, worin die Ergebnisse der philosophischen Doctrinen popularisirt u. zur Belehrung u. Geschmackbildung in Zeit u. Wochenschriften mitgetheilt werden. Die …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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