essay
Meaning of essay
noun
- a short piece of writing on a particular subject.
- an attempt or effort.
a misjudged essay in job preservation
- attempt or try.
Donald essayed a smile
late 15th century (as a verb in the sense ‘test the quality of’): alteration of assay, by association with Old French essayer, based on late Latin exagium ‘weighing’, from the base of exigere ‘ascertain, weigh’; the noun (late 16th century) is from Old French essai ‘trial’.
Information about essay
- The plural form of essay is: essays.
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Hyphenation of essay
es-say
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- essay is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
essay synonyms
Meaning try:
Meaning test:
Meaning a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
Meaning an essay, especially one written by a school or college student:
Meaning the devotion of time and attention to gaining knowledge of an academic subject, especially by means of books:
Meaning an essay or dissertation, especially one read at an academic lecture or seminar or published in an academic journal:
Meaning a long essay on a particular subject, especially one written for a university degree or diploma:
Meaning a task or piece of work allocated to someone as part of a job or course of study:
Meaning a long essay or dissertation involving personal research, written by a candidate for a university degree:
Meaning a formal discussion of a topic in speech or writing:
Meaning a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject:
Meaning a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form:
Meaning an area of land, typically a large one:
Meaning a long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject:
Meaning a detailed written study of a single specialized subject or an aspect of it:
Meaning the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country:
Meaning an expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event or situation:
Meaning a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory:
Meaning the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes:
Meaning a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory:
Meaning an act of assessing something or someone:
Meaning the action of assessing someone or something:
Meaning the action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas:
Meaning an essay written by a school pupil on a particular subject:
Meaning a written, musical, or artistic creation:
Meaning a vigorous or determined attempt:
Meaning an attempt to achieve a goal:
Meaning a business enterprise, typically one that involves risk:
Meaning a formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings:
Meaning a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact:
Meaning a formal pledge or promise to do something:
Meaning an attempt to achieve something:
Meaning an attempt or trial at something:
Meaning an attempt to do something:
Meaning an attempt to do (something):
Meaning an attempt:
Meaning a sharp or resounding blow:
Meaning struggle or fight vigorously:
Meaning have the intention of achieving:
Meaning commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility); take on:
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Words that rhyme with essay
assay, bioassay, fluoroimmunoassay, immunoassay, microbioassay, misassay, passay, radioassay, radioimmunoassay, reassay, preessay, semiessay, missay, Houssay
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