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noun | verb
essayessay1 /ˈɛseɪ/ ●●● S3 noun (plural essays) [countable] Etymology
ETYMOLOGYessay1
Origin: 1400-1500 Old French essai, from Late Latin exagium act of weighing
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2verbs
 I’ve got a five-page essay to write before Friday.
 His first essay was published 20 years ago.
(also submit an essay formal) Half the class failed to hand in their essays on time.
 Our teacher usually grades our essays within a week.
 Did you read her essay on “The Waste Land”?
 This essay discusses the causes of the Civil War.
 Her essay focused on the role of Washington in the Revolutionary War.
adjectives/nouns + essay
 He got a good grade on his English essay.
 Students had to write a 3,000-word essay on a subject of their choice.
(=one about your own experiences or ideas) He has had several personal essays and short stories published.
(=one that judges how good a book, writer, etc is) The book on film contains critical essays by Pauline Kael, Graham Greene, and others.
 Students often need practice writing academic essays.
essay + nouns
 We had to answer three essay questions on the final exam.
 You will find a list of essay titles on the board.
 The teacher gave us 10 minutes to think of an essay topic before we started writing.
1a short piece of writing about a particular subject, usually done for a class at school or college: essay on/about We had to write an essay on our favorite vacation place.2a short piece of writing giving someone’s ideas about politics, society, etc.: essay on His essays on the financial crisis have been published in the “New York Times”.3formal an attempt to do something: essay into This is his first essay into politics. [Origin: 1400–1500 Old French essai, from Late Latin exagium act of weighing]COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2verbswrite an essay I’ve got a five-page essay to write before Friday.publish an essay His first essay was published 20 years ago.turn/hand in an essay (also submit an essay formal) Half the class failed to hand in their essays on time.grade an essay Our teacher usually grades our essays within a week.read an essay Did you read her essay on “The Waste Land”?an essay discusses/examines/explores something This essay discusses the causes of the Civil War.an essay focuses on something Her essay focused on the role of Washington in the Revolutionary War.adjectives/nouns + essayan English/history/political science etc. essay He got a good grade on his English essay.a 10,000-word/20-page etc. essay Students had to write a 3,000-word essay on a subject of their choice.a personal essay (=one about your own experiences or ideas) He has had several personal essays and short stories published.a critical essay (=one that judges how good a book, writer, etc is) The book on film contains critical essays by Pauline Kael, Graham Greene, and others.an academic essay Students often need practice writing academic essays.essay + nounsan essay question We had to answer three essay questions on the final exam.an essay title You will find a list of essay titles on the board.an essay topic The teacher gave us 10 minutes to think of an essay topic before we started writing.
noun | verb
essayessay2 verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
essay
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyessay
he, she, itessays
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyessayed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave essayed
he, she, ithas essayed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad essayed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill essay
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have essayed
Continuous Form
PresentIam essaying
he, she, itis essaying
you, we, theyare essaying
PastI, he, she, itwas essaying
you, we, theywere essaying
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been essaying
he, she, ithas been essaying
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been essaying
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be essaying
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been essaying
 formal to attempt to do something:  She essayed a little dance step.
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