See essay in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A relatively brief discourse written especially as an exercise:
composition, paper, theme. See wordsA procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality:
assay, proof, test, trial, tryout. See investigateA trying to do or make something:
attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, go, offer, stab, trial, try. (Informal) shot. (Slang) take. (Archaic) assay. See try
verb
To make an attempt to do or make:
assay, attempt, endeavor, seek, strive, try. Idioms: have a go at, have (or make) (or take) a shot at, have (or take) a whack at, make a stab at, take a crack at. See tryTo subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality:
assay, check, examine, prove, test, try, try out. Idioms: bring to the test, make trial of, put to the proof (or test). See investigate
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