Antonyms for essays
| 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 essays
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
- Very wise are these essays, but their wisdom is not altogether that of this world.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Sympathizers with McClellan's essays on military or on other matters!
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- This is not to say that I claim success in the essays that follow.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- In this duty lies my excuse for the publication of these essays.
- Extract from : « On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals » by Thomas H. Huxley
- Thus, in one way or another, almost all these essays have a value.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various
- My publisher must take at least some of the responsibility for reviving these essays.
- Extract from : « Irish Books and Irish People » by Stephen Gwynn
- Since Montaigne wrote the first Essays, this Form has permeated every country.
- Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald
- All these in a sense testified to the influence of Addison's essays.
- Extract from : « Parodies of Ballad Criticism (1711-1787) » by William Wagstaffe
- In his first essays he was not an inferior imitator of Addison.
- Extract from : « Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin » by Benjamin Franklin
- On one occasion she had to read a volume of Essays written by Miss Hayes.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Synonyms for essays
- 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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