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Attempt
əˈtɛm(p)t
Attempt definitions
verb
attempt
attempted
attempting
attempts
- make an effort to achieve or complete (something difficult)
"she attempted a comeback in 2001"
try strive aim venture endeavour seek set out do one's best do all one can do one's utmost make an effort make every effort spare no effort give one's all take it on oneself- try to climb to the top of (a mountain)
"the expedition was the first to attempt Everest"
- try to take (a life)
"he would not have attempted the life of a friend"
noun
attempt
attempts
- an effort to achieve or complete a difficult task or action
"an attempt to halt the bombings"
- an effort to surpass a record or conquer a mountain
"an attempt on the unclimbed north-east ridge"
- a bid to kill someone
"Karakozov made an attempt on the Tsar's life"
- a thing produced as a result of trying to make or achieve something
"she picked her first attempt at a letter out of the wastebasket"