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Another word for essay

Noun

  1. A relatively brief discourse written especially as an exercise

    2. See also:

    words

  2. A procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality

    3. See also:

    investigate

  3. A trying to do or make something

    4. See also:

    try

Another word for essay

Verb

  1. To make an attempt to do or make

    2. Idioms:
    See also:

    try

  2. To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality

    3. Idioms:
    See also:

    investigate

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Another word for essay

Noun

  1. Expository writing

    2. See also:

    exposition

  2. An effort

    3. See also:

    effort

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Sentence Examples

  • The essay appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Society (1748).

  • Driver's essay in Hogarth's Authority and Archaeology; cf.

  • Macaulay, in his celebrated essay, has said that "of the conduct of Hastings at this time little is known."

  • In the year following his marriage Mendelssohn won the prize offered by the Berlin Academy for an essay on the application of mathematical proofs metaphysics, although among the competitors were Abbt and Kant.

  • Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay entitled "The End of History?" which became the catchphrase of the day.

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