Definitions

essay

[es-ey, es-ey, e-sey, e-sey] / ˈɛs eɪ, ˈɛs eɪ, ɛˈseɪ, ɛˈseɪ /

NOUN

written discourse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

article discussion dissertation manuscript paper piece study thesis treatise

STRONG

composition disquisition explication exposition theme tract

Antonyms

WEAK

idleness pass

NOUN

try, attempt

Synonyms

STRONG

aim bid effort endeavor exertion experiment hassle labor shot striving struggle test toil travail trial tryout undertaking venture whack work

WEAK

dry run one's all one's level best try on

Antonyms

STRONG

entertainment fun idleness laziness pastime peace

WEAK

pass

VERB

try, attempt

Synonyms

STRONG

aim assay endeavor labor offer seek strive struggle test toil travail undertake venture work

WEAK

have a crack have a go have a shot have at it make a run at put to the test take a stab at take a whack at take on try out

Antonyms

STRONG

forget idle laze neglect relax rest

WEAK

be idle pass

Example Sentences

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Chan School of Public Health pointed out in a November essay in the New Yorker.

From Salon

"I, for one, bet on science as helping us," he wrote in his 1968 personal autobiographical essay Self Portrait.

From BBC

When she pointed out how many drafts I typically write for a journal essay or book chapter, our son replied: “But Dad has more free time than I do!”

From The Wall Street Journal

Selected by Clifford Thompson, the author of the essay collection “Jazz June.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Her essay on Albert Camus’s journals begins, “great writers are either husbands or lovers”—the former supply “solid virtues” and the latter “an infusion of intense feeling.”

From The Wall Street Journal

essay

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