Essay

Noun

 * 1) A written composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject.
 * 2)  An attempt.
 * 3)  A test, experiment; an assay.

Verb

 * 1)  To move forth, as into battle.
 * 2)  To try.

Adjectives for Essay
satirical; controversial; historical; critical; introductory; moral; discursive; provocative; delightful; notable; apathetical; celebrated; detached; literary; elaborated; sublime; fragmentary; informative; admirable; kindred; penetrating; classical; enlightening; presumptuous; remarkable.

Verbs for Essay
abandon—; accept—; agree with—; attack—; caption—; compose—; criticize—; discuss—; elaborate—; judge—; laud—; offer—; praise—; prepare—; preserve—; propound—; —attempts; —encourages; —expresses; —implies; —meditates on.

Synonyms for Essay
dissertation, tract, treatise, attempt, effort, trial, venture, endeavor, paper, composition, article, thesis, disquisition, editorial, comment.

Derived terms

 * photo essay

Related terms

 * essayist
 * essayistic

Thesaurus
acid test, approach, article, assay, attempt, autograph, bid, blank determination, brainchild, bring to test, brouillon, causerie, chance, composition, computer printout, confirm, copy, crack, criterion, crucial test, crucible, cut and try, descant, determination, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, docimasy, document, draft, edited version, effort, endeavor, engage, engrossment, etude, examination, excursus, exertion, experiment, explication, exposition, fair copy, feature, feeling out, fiction, final draft, finished version, first approach, first draft, flimsy, fling, gambit, give a try, give a tryout, go, go about, hassle, have a go, holograph, homily, introductory study, kiteflying, labor, letter, lick, lift a finger, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, lucubration, make an attempt, make an effort, manuscript, matter, memoir, monograph, morceau, move, nonfiction, note, offer, opus, ordeal, original, outline, pandect, paper, paragraph, parchment, penscript, piece, piece of writing, play, play around with, poem, practice upon, preliminary study, printed matter, printout, probation, production, prolegomenon, proof, prove, put to trial, reading matter, recension, research, research paper, road-test, rough draft, rough sketch, run a sample, sample, screed, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second draft, seek, shake down, shot, sketch, sounding out, special article, stab, standard, step, strive, striving, stroke, strong bid, struggle, study, substantiate, survey, tackle, taste, tentative, term paper, test, test case, the written word, theme, thesis, toil, touchstone, tract, tractate, transcript, transcription, travail, treatise, treatment, trial, trial and error, try, try it on, try out, typescript, undertake, undertaking, validate, venture, venture on, venture upon, verification, verify, version, whack, work, writing

Etymology
From essai.

Translations

 * Arabic: مقالة (maqála),
 * Chinese: 杂文/雜文 (zá wén)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: essee, kirjoitelma
 * French:, , ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: δοκίμιο (dokímio),  επιφυλλίδα,
 * Irish: aiste


 * Italian:, ricerca, studio
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: эссе (esse)
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: deneme
 * Welsh: traethawd


 * Arabic: محاولة (muHawála)
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Italian: tentativo, prova
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ensayo

Verb

 * Danish: ,
 * Greek: αποπειρώμαι,


 * Portuguese: ,

Anagrams

 * eyass