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attempt
[ uh-tempt ]
verb (used with object)
- to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek:
to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- Archaic. to attack; move against in a hostile manner:
to attempt a person's life.
- Archaic. to tempt.
attempt
/ əˈtɛmpt /
verb
- to make an effort (to do something) or to achieve (something); try
- to try to surmount (an obstacle)
- to try to climb
they will attempt the north wall of the Eiger
- archaic.to attack
- archaic.to tempt
noun
- an endeavour to achieve something; effort
- a result of an attempt or endeavour
- an attack, esp with the intention to kill
an attempt on his life
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Usage
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Derived Forms
- atˈtempter, noun
- atˈtemptable, adjective
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Other Words From
- at·tempta·bili·ty noun
- at·tempta·ble adjective
- at·tempter noun
- quasi-at·tempt verb
- reat·tempt verb (used with object)
- unat·tempta·ble adjective
- unat·tempted adjective
- unat·tempting adjective
- well-at·tempted adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of attempt1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
In its attempt to discredit the story, the JPO inadvertently confirmed that fact.
The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.
The attempt to “breed back” the Auroch of Teutonic legend was of a piece with the Nazi obsession with racial purity and eugenics.
Their first attempt to unseat the House speaker failed miserably, so why not try again?
He was killed by his captors during the U.S. rescue attempt in Yemen in December.
I do not know how things are in America but in England there has been a ridiculous attempt to suppress Bolshevik propaganda.
She began the study of drawing at the age of thirty, and her first attempt in oils was made seven years later.
This was somewhat tiresome; and, after a rather feeble attempt at a third laugh, Davy said, "I don't feel like it any more."
In cases in which no attempt is made to ignore the accusation, the small wits are wont to be busy discovering exculpations.
But it was a long time before he found any one who was willing to attempt to rearrange his scribbled thoughts.
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