Antonyms for essay
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun es-ey for 1, 2; es-ey, e-sey for 3–5; verb e-sey |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈɛs eɪ for 1, 2; ˈɛs eɪ, ɛˈseɪ for 3–5; verb ɛˈseɪ |
Definition of essay
Origin :- 1590s, "short non-fiction literary composition" (first attested in writings of Francis Bacon, probably in imitation of Montaigne), from Middle French essai "trial, attempt, essay," from Late Latin exagium "a weighing, weight," from Latin exigere "test," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + agere (see act) apparently meaning here "to weigh." The suggestion is of unpolished writing.
- noun written discourse
- noun try, attempt
- verb try, attempt
- At last in desperation you embody it in a poem, an essay, a story.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- As might be expected in a first essay, the drawing is now over-minute, now too loose.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- This essay is quite as significant for what it has not said as for what it has said.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- And if they essay to do so, why should not my word be at least as weighty as theirs?
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- On his return, he wrote an essay on the subject, which was published in 1754.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Essay but one sole little sketch, and you will think of nothing else.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- The essay on Poetry is itself poetic throughout in its expression.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- The one in print is my first essay in the way of telling a tale.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- In considering it we should come to an understanding of the nature of lyric, the purpose of this essay.
- Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater
- They had taken the deepest interest in every essay and every speech.
- Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
Synonyms for essay
- aim
- article
- assay
- bid
- composition
- discussion
- disquisition
- dissertation
- dry run
- effort
- endeavor
- exertion
- experiment
- explication
- exposition
- hassle
- have a crack
- have a go
- have a shot
- have at it
- labor
- make a run at
- manuscript
- offer
- one's all
- one's level best
- paper
- piece
- put to the test
- seek
- shot
- strive
- striving
- struggle
- study
- take a stab at
- take a whack at
- take on
- test
- theme
- thesis
- toil
- tract
- travail
- treatise
- trial
- try on
- try out
- tryout
- undertake
- undertaking
- venture
- whack
- work
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