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attempt */*/*/ — I UK [əˈtempt] / US noun [countable] Word forms attempt : singular attempt plural attempts 1) an effort to do something one last desperate attempt The government has made no attempt to avert the crisis. attempt on: an attempt on the world record… … English dictionary
attempt — at|tempt1 [ ə tempt ] noun count *** an effort to do something: one last desperate attempt The government has made no attempt to avert the crisis. attempt on: an attempt on the world record attempt at: It s his fourth attempt at flying a balloon… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
attempt — [[t]əte̱mpt[/t]] ♦ attempts, attempting, attempted 1) VERB If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it. [V to inf] The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia...… … English dictionary
attempt — vb Attempt, try, endeavor, essay, strive, struggle as verbs mean to make an effort to do something that may or may not be successful and as nouns (the single exception in form being striving) mean the effort made to accomplish such an end.… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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