attempts

Meaning of attempts

noun
  1. The action of trying at something.
    It was worth the attempt.
  2. An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
    1584 No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm. (Allen's Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh review 1883, p. 378)
verb
  1. To try.
    A group of 80 budding mountaineers attempted Kilimanjaro, but 30 of them didn't make it to the top.
  2. To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
  3. To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
    one who attempts the virtue of a woman
  4. To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
    to attempt the enemy's camp

Information about attempts

  • The singular form of attempts is: attempt.
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Hyphenation of attempts

at-tempts

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • attempts is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

attempts synonyms

Meaning :

effort, try

Words that rhyme with attempts

coempts, contempts, dirempts, exempts, kempts, preempts, reattempts, tempts, accompts, compts, prompts, consumpts, transumpts

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