Definitions of Essay [ˌɛs əˈwɪər ə]

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Definition of 'Essay'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) essay
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usu. in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.

2.  essay
anything resembling such a composition:
a picture essay.

3.  essay
an effort to perform or accomplish something; attempt.

4. (v.t.) essay
to try; attempt.

5.  essay
to put to the test; make trial of.

Etymology: (1475–85; < MF essayer, c. AF assayer to assay< VL *exagiāre, v. der. of LL exagium a weighing =*exag(ere), for L exigere to examine, test)

Definition of 'Essay'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) essay
an analytic or interpretive literary composition

2. (verb) essay
a tentative attempt

3. (verb) try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
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"

4. (verb) test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
"This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

Definition of 'Essay'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) essay
a piece of intellectual writing to be published
Mark Twain's essay on Benjamin Franklin

2. essay
a paper written by a student
***a 750-word essay

Definition of 'Essay'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Essay
an effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend

2. (noun) Essay
a composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce

3. (noun) Essay
an assay. See Assay, n

4. (noun) Essay
to exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try

5. (noun) Essay
to test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay

Translation of 'Essay'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a written composition; a piece of written prose The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.
Afrikaans: opstel	Arabic: مَقال، مَقالَه	Bulgarian: есе
Brazilian: composição	Czech: písemná práce; test	German: der Aufsatz
Danish: essay; skriftlig opgave;	Greek: πραγματεία, δοκίμιο	Spanish: ensayo, redacción
Estonian: essee	Farsi: مقاله	Finnish: essee
French: rédaction, essai	Hebrew: מַאֲמָר	Hindi: प्रयास
Croatian: esej, sastavak	Hungarian: esszé	Indonesian: karangan
Icelandic: ritgerð	Italian: saggio, composizione	Japanese: 小論
Korean: 소론, 평론, 논평; 수필, 에세이	Lithuanian: rašinys, esė	Latvian: eseja; sacerējums
Malay: esei	Dutch: opstel	Norwegian: essay, (skole)stil
Polish: wypracowanie, esej	Persian: مقاله	Pashto: هڅه، كوښښ: مقاله، مضمون
Portuguese: composição	Romanian: eseu, compunere	Russian: эссе; сочинение
Slovak: písomná práca; esej	Slovenian: esej	Serbian: esej
Swedish: essä, uppsats	Thai: เรียงความ	Turkish: deneme
Taiwanese: 隨筆	Ukrainian: есе; твір	Urdu: کسی موضوع پر کوئی مضمون ی
Vietnamese: bài tiểu luận	Chinese: 随笔
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