nnoun.communicationan analytic or interpretive literary compositionDerivationally Related Form:essayist
Hypernyms:piece of writing writing written material
Inherited Hypernyms:essaywritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:compositiondisquisitionmemoirpaperreportthanatopsistheme
Full Hyponyms:compositiondisquisitionmemoirterm paperthanatopsis
nnoun.acta tentative attemptDerivationally Related Form:essay
Hypernyms:attempt effort endeavor endeavour try
Inherited Hypernyms:essayattemptactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.socialmake an effort or attemptSynset:assay attempt seek try
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:attempttryessayattemptertrieressayer
Hypernyms:act move
Inherited Hypernyms:tryact
Direct Hyponyms:adventurechanceendeavorendeavourfightgamblegive it a trygive it a whirlgropehave a gohazardlay on the linepick up the gauntletput on the lineriskrun a riskstrivestruggletake a chancetake a daretake chances
Full Troponyms:bell the catbuckendeavorextend oneselffightfloundergamblegive it a whirlgo for brokegropehave a gokill oneselfluck itriskstrivestruggletake a daretake painstrouble oneselftugventure
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s (apply to: try) | They --- to move (apply to: try, essay, seek, attempt, assay)
vverb.socialput to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use toSynset:examine prove test try try out
Examples:- This approach has been tried with good results
- Test this recipe
Derivationally Related Form:trialtryoutexaminationtesttestingexaminertrier
Hypernyms:evaluate judge pass judgment
Inherited Hypernyms:testevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:controlfield-testfloatverify
Full Troponyms:controlfield-testfloat
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something