essay
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈɛseɪ/
- Archaic
:
ensayo
- Imagine my astonishment when I saw my essay spread across half a page in India.
Examples
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In terms of performance, poorer performance in essay exams was linked with the use of surface learning strategies.
Academic text (2008) -
In his hands, a history of walking sticks became an essay on aging.
Academic text (2011) -
This is your third essay for me.
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And those are the eight essay questions she would have to answer by Tuesday.
Fiction book (1996) -
Despite this new ease, I found no subject for my essay, nothing that spoke my name.
Fiction book (2002) -
Think of the theme as a little engine that keeps your essay subject on track.
Academic text (1999) -
So I began writing these essays, two of which I'll read you now.
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Imagine that a music teacher assigns an essay to her fifth-grade students.
Academic text (1999) -
He submitted his essay on climate change to the university's journal.
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The teacher assigned an essay to help students develop their writing skills.
Synonyms
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1.0
A try to do something, often when it is difficult
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2.8
A try of something new to see what happens
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3.6
Creating written works, especially stories or essays
A piece of creative writing that shows thoughts and feelings, like a novel or poem
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Etymology
Essay as a noun comes from the old French essai meaning 'a trial' or 'an attempt', so it can mean a first or experimental 'try' at something.