attempt
Definitions
- To try
- The action of trying at something.
- To make an attempt to do or make:assay, endeavor, essay, seek, strive, try.
- To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt
- An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
- to try. He attempted to reach the dying man, but did not succeed; He did not attempt the last question in the exam. probeer يُحاوِل опивам се tentar pokusit se (o), zkusit versuchen forsøge; forsøge sig på αποπειρώμαι, επιχειρώintentar, tratar de üritama کوشیدن؛ سعی کردن yrittää tenter, s'attaquer à לְנסוֹת प्रयास करना pokušaj megkísérel mencoba reyna, gera tilraun tentare 試みる 시도하다 bandyti mēģināt mencuba trachten, proberenforsøkepróbować کوښښ کول ، زیارایستل tentar a încerca, a aborda пытать...
- To try to win, subdue, or overcome
- A substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).
- vt. intentar, tratar de obtener algo; hacer un esfuerzo; esforzarse, arriesgarse.
- To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force
- An act of trying to commit suicide
- To try to perform, make, or achieve: attempted to read the novel in one sitting; attempted a difficult dive.
- To make a substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime)
- Archaic To tempt.
- Archaic To try to seize or get control of by attacking.
- An effort or a try.
- An attack; an assault: an attempt on someone's life.
- to make an effort (to do something) or to achieve (something); try
- to try to surmount (an obstacle)
Conjugation
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Equivalents
Examples
“We made an attempt⟳ to cross the stream, but didn’t manage⟳.”
“This poem is much better than the feeble attempt⟳ of mine.”
“It was worth the attempt⟳.”
“No matter⟳ how many failed attempts we made, we maintained a positive attitude and tried again and again until we succeeded.”
“But was it responsible governance to pass⟳ the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect⟳ British seamen? Or might it have⟳ been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt⟳ to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea”
“No man can charge us of any attempt⟳ against the realm.”
“Whoever voluntarily abandons the further commission of the offence or prevents its completion incurs no penalty for attempt⟳.”
“Her attempt⟳ was not successful, and resulted in her being hospitalized.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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