essay
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Is essay a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.Examples: "In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.”"
2. (obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.obsolete
3. (now rare) An attempt.Examples: "My first essay at getting employment was fruitless; but after no small number of mortifying rebuffs from various parties to whom I applied for assistance, I was at last rewarded by a comparative success."; "This was Lee's first essay in the kind of offensive-defensive strategy that was to become his hallmark."archaic
4. (philately, finance) A proposed design for a postage stamp or a banknote.
verb (English)
1. (dated, transitive) To attempt or try.Examples: "Shall we essay a walk on the promenade?"; "He retraced his steps to the front gate, which he essayed to open."; "The train took the slow to branch spur at the north end at a not much slower speed, then essayed the short sharply curved climb with a terrific roar, smoke rising straight from the chimney to a height of some 60 ft., the long train twisting and curling behind."datedtransitive
2. (intransitive) To move forth, as into battle.intransitive
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