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attempt
at·tempt A0508700 (ə-tĕmpt′)tr.v. at·tempt·ed, at·tempt·ing, at·tempts 1. To try to perform, make, or achieve: attempted to read the novel in one sitting; attempted a difficult dive. 2. Archaic To tempt.3. Archaic To try to seize or get control of by attacking.n.1. An effort or a try.2. An attack; an assault: an attempt on someone's life.
[Middle English attempten, from Old French attempter, from Latin attemptāre : ad-, ad- + temptāre, to test.]
at·tempt′a·ble adj.at·tempt′er n.attempt (əˈtɛmpt) vb (tr) 1. to make an effort (to do something) or to achieve (something); try2. to try to surmount (an obstacle)3. (Mountaineering) to try to climb: they will attempt the north wall of the Eiger. 4. archaic to attack5. archaic to temptn6. an endeavour to achieve something; effort7. a result of an attempt or endeavour8. an attack, esp with the intention to kill: an attempt on his life. [C14: from Old French attempter, from Latin attemptāre to strive after, from tentāre to try] atˈtemptable adj atˈtempter nUsage: Attempt should not be used in the passive when followed by an infinitive: attempts were made to find a solution (not a solution was attempted to be found)at•tempt (əˈtɛmpt)
v.t. 1. to make an effort at; try; undertake: to attempt a difficult task. 2. Archaic. to attack; move against in a hostile manner: to attempt a person's life. 3. Archaic. to tempt. n. 4. an effort made to accomplish something. 5. an attack or assault: an attempt on a person's life. [1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French atempter < Latin attemptāre to test, tamper with. See at-, tempt] at•tempt′a•ble, adj. try attemptBoth these words can be verbs or nouns. The other forms of try are tries, trying, tried. 1. 'try' used as a verbIf you try to do something, you make an effort to do it. My sister tried to cheer me up.He was trying his best to understand.You can also try and do something. There is no difference in meaning, but try and do is used in conversation and less formal writing. In formal English, use try to do. Try and see how many of these questions you can answer.Please try and help me to cope with this.We must try and understand.Be Careful!
You can only use and after the base form of try that is, when you are using it as an imperative or infinitive, or after a modal. You cannot say, for example, 'I was trying and help her' or 'I was trying and helping her'. If you try doing something, you do it in order to find out how useful, effective, or enjoyable it is. He tried changing the subject.Have you ever tried painting?2. 'attempt' used as a verbIf you attempt to do something, you try to do it. Attempt is a more formal word than try. Some of the crowd attempted to break through the police lines.Rescue workers attempted to cut him from the crashed vehicle.Be Careful!
You don't say 'The crowd attempted and break through or 'The crowd attempted breaking through'. 3. 'try' and 'attempt' used as nounsWhen someone tries to do something, you can refer to what they do as a try or an attempt. Try is normally used only in conversation and less formal writing. In formal English, you usually talk about an attempt. After a few tries they gave up.The young birds manage to fly several kilometres at their first attempt.You say that someone has a try at something or gives something a try. You've had a good try at it.'I'll go and see him in the morning.' 'Yes, give it a try.'You say that someone makes an attempt to do something. He made an attempt to call Courtney; she wasn't in.Two recent reports made an attempt to assess the success of the project.attempt
Past participle: attempted
Gerund: attempting
| Present |
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| I attempt | | you attempt | | he/she/it attempts | | we attempt | | you attempt | | they attempt |
| Preterite |
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| I attempted | | you attempted | | he/she/it attempted | | we attempted | | you attempted | | they attempted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am attempting | | you are attempting | | he/she/it is attempting | | we are attempting | | you are attempting | | they are attempting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have attempted | | you have attempted | | he/she/it has attempted | | we have attempted | | you have attempted | | they have attempted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was attempting | | you were attempting | | he/she/it was attempting | | we were attempting | | you were attempting | | they were attempting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had attempted | | you had attempted | | he/she/it had attempted | | we had attempted | | you had attempted | | they had attempted |
| Future |
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| I will attempt | | you will attempt | | he/she/it will attempt | | we will attempt | | you will attempt | | they will attempt |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have attempted | | you will have attempted | | he/she/it will have attempted | | we will have attempted | | you will have attempted | | they will have attempted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be attempting | | you will be attempting | | he/she/it will be attempting | | we will be attempting | | you will be attempting | | they will be attempting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been attempting | | you have been attempting | | he/she/it has been attempting | | we have been attempting | | you have been attempting | | they have been attempting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been attempting | | you will have been attempting | | he/she/it will have been attempting | | we will have been attempting | | you will have been attempting | | they will have been attempting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been attempting | | you had been attempting | | he/she/it had been attempting | | we had been attempting | | you had been attempting | | they had been attempting |
| Conditional |
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| I would attempt | | you would attempt | | he/she/it would attempt | | we would attempt | | you would attempt | | they would attempt |
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| I would have attempted | | you would have attempted | | he/she/it would have attempted | | we would have attempted | | you would have attempted | | they would have attempted |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  attempt - earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"effort, try, endeavor, endeavourbatting - (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on basebest - the supreme effort one can make; "they did their best"worst - the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"bid, play - an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"fling, go, offer, whirl, crack, pass - a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"essay - a tentative attemptforay - an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics"contribution, share, part - the part played by a person in bringing about a result; "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work"liberation - the attempt to achieve equal rights or status; "she worked for women's liberation"mug's game - a futile or unprofitable endeavorpower play, squeeze play, squeeze - an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power; "she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away"seeking - an attempt to acquire or gain somethingstab, shot - informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"shot - an attempt to score in a gamenisus, pains, striving, strain - an effortful attempt to attain a goalstruggle, battle - an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"takeover attempt - an attempt to take control of a corporationtrial, run, test - the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"trial, test - the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill" | | 2. | attempt - the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life"attackcrime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"assault - a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped | | Verb | 1. |  attempt - make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"essay, try, assay, seekpick up the gauntlet, take a dare - be dared to do something and attempt itact, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"struggle, fight - make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"have a go, give it a try - make an attempt at something; "I never sat on a horse before but I'll give it a go"grope - search blindly or uncertainly; "His mind groped to make the connection"endeavor, endeavour, strive - attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"give it a try, give it a whirl - try; "let's give it a whirl!"adventure, gamble, run a risk, take a chance, take chances, risk, chance, hazard - take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"lay on the line, put on the line, risk - expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong" | | 2. |  attempt - enter upon an activity or enterpriseundertake, set aboutinitiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" |
attemptverb1. try, seek, aim, struggle, tackle, take on, experiment, venture, undertake, essay, strive, endeavour, have a go at (informal), make an effort, make an attempt, have a crack at, have a shot at (informal), try your hand at, do your best to, jump through hoops (informal), have a stab at (informal), take the bit between your teeth We attempted to do something like that here.noun1. try, go (informal), shot (informal), effort, trial, bid, experiment, crack (informal), venture, undertaking, essay, stab (informal), endeavour a deliberate attempt to destabilize defence2. attack, assault, strike, offensive an attempt on the life of the Prime MinisterattemptverbTo make an attempt to do or make:assay, endeavor, essay, seek, strive, try.Idioms: have a go at, have a shot at, have a whack at, make a stab at, take a crack at.noun1. A trying to do or make something:crack, effort, endeavor, essay, go, offer, stab, trial, try.Informal: shot.Slang: take.Archaic: assay.2. The act of attacking:aggression, assailment, assault, attack, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, strike.Translationsattempt (əˈtempt) verb to try. He attempted to reach the dying man, but did not succeed; He did not attempt the last question in the exam. 試圖 试图 noun1. a try. They failed in their attempt to climb the Everest; She made no attempt to run away. 企圖 企图2. an attack. They made an attempt on his life but he survived. 襲擊 袭击，行刺 attempt
last-ditch attemptA final effort or attempt to solve a problem or avoid failure or defeat, especially after a series of failures or setbacks. The home team is mounting one last-ditch attempt in the final seconds of the game to try to force an overtime showdown. In a last-ditch attempt to avoid a government shutdown, congress has pushed forward a new spending bill.See also: attempta ˌlast-ditch ˈstand/atˈtempt/ˈeffort a final attempt to avoid defeat: They are making a last-ditch stand to save the company. ♢ This is a last-ditch attempt to stop the strike. Ditch in this idiom refers to a long channel built to defend an area against attack.See also: attempt, effort, standAttempt
Attempt one of the stages in the commission of a crime. According to Soviet criminal law, an attempt is a deliberate action immediately directed at the commission of a crime, which is not brought to completion for reasons independent of the will of the guilty person. A distinction is made between complete and incomplete attempts, depending on whether the guilty person did everything he considered necessary to carry out his intention. A further distinction is made between attempts in circumstances that make accomplishment of the criminal objective impossible (faulty attempts; negodnye pokusheniia) and attempts where it is possible (godnye pokusheniia). Punishment for an attempt is set according to the statute that provides for liability for the corresponding crime, with regard for the nature and degree of social danger of the actions, the degree of accomplishment of the criminal intention, and the factors that prevented the crime from being brought to completion. attempt
attempt [ah-tempt´] a try or effort to achieve some goal.suicide attempt a serious effort to commit suicide involving definite risk. The outcome frequently depends on circumstances alone and is not under the person's control.attempt
AttemptAn undertaking to do an act that entails more than mere preparation but does not result in the successful completion of the act. In Criminal Law, an attempt to commit a crime is an offense when an accused makes a substantial but unsuccessful effort to commit a crime. The elements of attempt vary, although generally, there must be an intent to commit the crime, an Overt Act beyond mere preparation, and an apparent ability to complete the crime. Generally, attempts are punishable by imprisonment, with sentence lengths that vary in time, depending upon the severity of the offense attempted. attemptv. and n. to actually try to commit a crime and have the ability to do so. This means more than just thinking about doing a criminal act or planning it without overt action. It also requires the opportunity and ability. Attempts can include attempted murder, attempted robbery, attempted rape, attempted forgery, attempted arson, and a host of other crimes. The person accused cannot attempt to commit murder with an unloaded gun or attempt rape over the telephone. The attempt becomes a crime in itself, and usually means one really tried to commit the crime, but failed through no fault of himself or herself. Example: if a husband laces his wife's cocktail with cyanide, it is no defense that by chance the intended victim decided not to drink the deadly potion. One defendant claimed he could not attempt rape in an old Model A coupe because it was too cramped to make the act possible. The court threw out this defense. Sometimes a criminal defendant is accused of both the crime (e.g. robbery) and the attempt in case the jury felt he tried but did not succeed. attempt an attempted crime is one that is not completed. Because the criminal law focuses so much on the mental state of the offender, it has long been established that a mere failure to carry through the act intended by the wrongdoer will not allow him to escape criminal liability. To be criminal, matters must have progressed from preparation to perpetration: thus, the purchase of a mask and a glass-cutting tool maybe insufficient whereas wandering the streets at night, mask on face and cutter in hand, might be enough. A hand in a pocket, which never reaches the wallet, is an attempted theft. In England, the common law was supplemented by statute to create a statutory offence of attempt. This applies to any act that is done with intent to commit an indictable offence and is more than merely preparatory. It is a crime even to attempt the impossible. In Scotland, in terms of statute all attempts to commit a crime are criminal offences. It is attempted theft even if there is nothing in the pocket to steal, although it was held not possible to attempt to procure an abortion by supplying the necessary materials where the woman was not in fact pregnant. ATTEMPT, criminal law. An attempt to commit a crime, is an endeavor toaccomplish it, carried beyond mere preparation, but falling short ofexecution of the ultimate design, in any part of it.
2. Between preparations and attempts to commit a crime, the distinctionis in many cases, very indeterminate. A man who buys poison for the purposeof committing a murder, and mixes it in the food intended for his victim,and places it on a table where he may take it, will or will not be guilty ofan attempt to poison, from the simple circumstance of his taking back thepoisoned food before or after the victim has had an opportunity to take it;for if immediately on putting it down, he should take it up, and, awakenedto a just consideration of the enormity of the crime, destroy it, this wouldamount only to preparations and certainly if before he placed it on thetable, or before he mixed the poison with the food, he had repented of hisintention there would have been no attempt to commit a crime; the law givesthis as a locus penitentiae. An attempt to commit a crime is a misdemeanor;and an attempt to commit a misdemeanor, is itself a misdemeanor. 1 Russ. onCr. 44; 2 East, R. 8; 3 Pick. R. 26; 3 Benth. Ev. 69; 6 C. & P. 368. FinancialSeecriminal lawattempt
Synonyms for attemptverb trySynonyms- try
- seek
- aim
- struggle
- tackle
- take on
- experiment
- venture
- undertake
- essay
- strive
- endeavour
- have a go at
- make an effort
- make an attempt
- have a crack at
- have a shot at
- try your hand at
- do your best to
- jump through hoops
- have a stab at
- take the bit between your teeth
noun trySynonyms- try
- go
- shot
- effort
- trial
- bid
- experiment
- crack
- venture
- undertaking
- essay
- stab
- endeavour
noun attackSynonyms- attack
- assault
- strike
- offensive
Synonyms for attemptverb to make an attempt to do or makeSynonyms- assay
- endeavor
- essay
- seek
- strive
- try
noun a trying to do or make somethingSynonyms- crack
- effort
- endeavor
- essay
- go
- offer
- stab
- trial
- try
- shot
- take
- assay
noun the act of attackingSynonyms- aggression
- assailment
- assault
- attack
- offense
- offensive
- onrush
- onset
- onslaught
- strike
Synonyms for attemptnoun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish somethingSynonyms- effort
- try
- endeavor
- endeavour
Related Words- batting
- best
- worst
- activity
- bid
- play
- fling
- go
- offer
- whirl
- crack
- pass
- essay
- foray
- contribution
- share
- part
- liberation
- mug's game
- power play
- squeeze play
- squeeze
- seeking
- stab
- shot
- nisus
- pains
- striving
- strain
- struggle
- battle
- takeover attempt
- trial
- run
- test
noun the act of attackingSynonymsRelated Words- crime
- criminal offence
- criminal offense
- law-breaking
- offense
- offence
- assault
verb make an effort or attemptSynonymsRelated Words- pick up the gauntlet
- take a dare
- act
- move
- struggle
- fight
- have a go
- give it a try
- grope
- endeavor
- endeavour
- strive
- give it a whirl
- adventure
- gamble
- run a risk
- take a chance
- take chances
- risk
- chance
- hazard
- lay on the line
- put on the line
verb enter upon an activity or enterpriseSynonymsRelated Words |