essay
🇺🇸
/ˈeseɪ/
🇬🇧
/ˈeseɪ/
noun
A2
a student's short written assignment
The teacher asked us to write an essay about our favorite book.
A2
a short published piece on a topic
She wrote an essay on climate change for the magazine.
R
an attempt to do something
His first essay in cooking was a simple pasta dish.
verb
R
to try to do something
He will essay to fix the broken chair.
translation
a student's short written assignment; a short published piece on a topic; an attempt to do something
to try to do something
Word Forms
Plural
essays
Past
essayed
Perfect
essayed
Progressive
essaying
3rd Present
essays