Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - essay
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(essays) 1. An essay is a short piece of writing on one particular subject written by a student. We asked Jason to write an essay about his hometown and about his place in it. N-COUNT 2. An essay is a short piece of writing on one particular subject that is written by a writer for publication. ...Thomas Malthus’s essay on population. N-COUNT: oft N on n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to put to a test 2. to make an often tentative or experimental effort to perform ; try Synonyms: see attempt • ~er noun II. noun Etymology: Middle French essai, ultimately from Late Latin exagium act of weighing, from Latin ex- + agere to drive — more at agent Date: 14th century 1. trial, test 2. a. effort, attempt; especially an initial tentative effort b. the result or product of an attempt 3. a. an analytic or interpretative literary composition usually dealing with its subject from a limited or personal point of view b. something resembling such a composition a photographic ~ 4. a proof of an unaccepted design for a stamp or piece of paper money ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a composition, usu. short and in prose, on any subject. 2 (often foll. by at, in) formal an attempt. --v.tr. formal attempt, try. Derivatives essayist n. Etymology: ME f. ASSAY, assim. to F essayer ult. f. LL exagium weighing f. exigere weigh: see EXACT ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. лит. очерк, этюд, эссе an essay on modern dramatics —- эссе о современном драматическом искусстве an essay on Russian literature —- очерк русской литературы 2. попытка, проба; испытание 3. книж. подвергать испытанию, испытывать, пробовать to essay one's powers —- испытать свои силы 4. пытаться to essay a task —- взять на себя трудную задачу he essayed escape —- он совершил попытку побега ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) очерк, этюд, набросок; эссе 2) попытка 3) проба, опыт Syn: see composition 2. v. 1) подвергать испытанию 2) пытаться to essay a hard task - брать на себя неблагодарный труд ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1597, from M.Fr. essai "trial, attempt, essay," from L.L. exagium "a weighing, weight," from L. exigere "test," from ex- "out" + agere apparently meaning here "to weigh." Sense and spelling diverged 15c. from assay. First used in Eng. for "short non-fiction literary composition" by Francis Bacon, 1597, probably in imitation of Montaigne. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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