English-Thai Dictionary

essay

N ความพยายาม (คำ ทางการ  การ ทำให้ สำเร็จ  attempt endeavor trial kwam-pa-ya-yam

 

essay

N ความเรียง  ข้อเขียน  บทความ  เรียงความ  article composition kwam-riang

 

essay

VT ทดสอบ  test tod-sob

 

essay

VT พยายาม (คำ ทางการ  attempt endeavor try pa-ya-yam

 

essayist

N ผู้เขียน เรียงความ  ผู้ ทดสอบ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ESSAY

v.t.[L. sequor. See Seek. The radical sense is to press, drive, urge, strain, strive. ] 1. To try; to attempt; to endeavor; to exert one's power or faculties, or to make an effort to perform any thing.
While I this unexampled task essay.
2. To make experiment of.
3. To try the value and purity of metals. In this application, the word is now more generally written assay, which see.

 

ESSAY

n.A trial; attempt; endeavor; an effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of any thing. We say, to make an essay. Fruitless our hopes, though pious our essays.
1. In literature, a composition intended to prove or illustrate a particular subject; usually shorter and less methodical and finished than a system; as an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils; an essay on commerce.
2. A trial or experiment; as, this is the first essay.
3. Trial or experiment to prove the qualities of a metal.
[In this sense, see Assay. ]
4. First taste of any thing.

 

ESSAYED

pp. Attempted; tried.

 

ESSAYER

n.One who writes essays.

 

ESSAYING

ppr. Trying; making an effort; attempting.

 

ESSAYIST

n.A writer of an essay, or of essays.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ESSAY

Es "say, n.; pl. Essays. Etym: [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf. examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr. 'exa `gion a weight, 'exagia `zein to examine, 'exa `gein to drive out, export. See Agent, and cf. Exact, Examine, Assay. ]

 

1. An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. "The essay at organization. " M. Arnold.

 

2. (Lit. )

 

Defn: A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.

 

3. An assay. See Assay, n. [Obs. ]

 

Syn. -- Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise; dissertation; disquisition.

 

ESSAY

Es *say ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Essayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Essaying. ]Etym: [F. essayer. See Essay, n.]

 

1. To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try. What marvel if I thus essay to sing Byron. Essaying nothing she can not perform. Emerson. A danger lest the young enthusiast. .. should essay the impossible. J. C. Shairp.

 

2. To test the value and purity of (metals ); to assay. See Assay. [Obs. ] Locke.

 

ESSAYER

ESSAYER Es *say "er, n.

 

Defn: One who essays. Addison.

 

ESSAYIST

ESSAYIST Es "say *ist, n.

 

Defn: A writer of an essay, or of essays. B. Jonson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

essay

es say ▶noun |ˈesā ˈɛseɪ | 1 a short piece of writing on a particular subject. 2 formal an attempt or effort: a misjudged essay. • a trial design of a postage stamp yet to be accepted. ▶verb |eˈsā ɛˈseɪ | [ with obj. ] formal attempt or try: essay a smile. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘test the quality of ’): alteration of assay, by association with Old French essayer, based on late Latin exagium ‘weighing, ’ from the base of exigere ‘ascertain, weigh ’; the noun (late 16th cent. ) is from Old French essai ‘trial. ’

 

essayist

es say ist |ˈesā -ist ˈɛseɪɪst | ▶noun a person who writes essays, esp. as a literary genre.

 

essayistic

es say is tic |ˌesāˈistik ˈɛseɪˌɪstɪk | ▶adjective characteristic of or used in essays; discursive; informal.

 

Oxford Dictionary

essay

essay ▶noun |ˈɛseɪ | 1 a short piece of writing on a particular subject. 2 formal an attempt or effort: a misjudged essay in job preservation. • a trial design of a postage stamp yet to be accepted. ▶verb |ɛˈseɪ | [ with obj. ] formal attempt or try: Donald essayed a smile. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘test the quality of ’): alteration of assay, by association with Old French essayer, based on late Latin exagium ‘weighing ’, from the base of exigere ‘ascertain, weigh ’; the noun (late 16th cent. ) is from Old French essai ‘trial ’.

 

essayist

es ¦say |ist |ˈɛseɪɪst | ▶noun a person who writes essays, especially as a literary genre.

 

essayistic

essay |ist ¦ic ▶adjective characteristic of or used in essays.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

essay

essay noun 1 he wrote an essay: article, composition, study, paper, dissertation, thesis, discourse, treatise, disquisition, monograph; commentary, critique, theme. 2 formal his first essay in telecommunications: attempt, effort, endeavor, try, venture, trial, experiment, undertaking.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

essay

essay noun |(stress on the first syllable ) | 1 he wrote an essay on overpopulation: article, piece of writing, composition, study, paper, dissertation, assignment, thesis, discourse, treatise, text, tract, disquisition, monograph; leader, commentary, critique, criticism, exposition, appraisal, assessment, discussion; N. Amer. theme; informal piece. 2 formal the device was Alexander Graham Bell's first essay in telecommunications: attempt, effort, endeavour, try, venture, trial, experiment, undertaking; informal crack, go, shot, stab, bash, whack. ▶verb |(stress on the second syllable ) | formal many essayed to travel that way: attempt, make an attempt at, 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; have a go at, undertake, embark on, try one's hand at, try out, take on; informal give it a whirl, give it one's best shot, go all out, pull out all the stops, bend over backwards, knock oneself out, bust a gut, break one's neck, move heaven and earth, have a crack at, have a shot at, have a stab at.

 

Duden Dictionary

Essay

Es say Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das |ˈɛse auch, österreichisch nur ɛˈseː |der oder das Essay; Genitiv: des Essays, Plural: die Essays englisch essay < mittelfranzösisch essai = Probe, (literarischer ) Versuch < lateinisch exagium = das Wägen Abhandlung, die eine literarische oder wissenschaftliche Frage in knapper und anspruchsvoller Form behandelt

 

Essayismus

Es say is mus Substantiv, maskulin , der |ɛseˈɪs …|der Essayismus; Genitiv: des Essayismus Bezeichnung für unsystematische, subjektive Darstellungsweise

 

Essayist

Es say ist Substantiv, maskulin , der |ɛseˈɪst |der Essayist; Genitiv: des Essayisten, Plural: die Essayisten Schriftsteller, der Essays verfasst

 

Essayistik

Es say is tik Substantiv, feminin , die |Essay i stik |die Essayistik; Genitiv: der Essayistik a essayistisches Schaffen b Gesamtheit essayistischer Werke

 

Essayistin

Es say is tin Substantiv, feminin , die |Essay i stin |die Essayistin; Genitiv: der Essayistin, Plural: die Essayistinnen weibliche Form zu Essayist

 

essayistisch

es say is tisch Adjektiv |essay i stisch |dem Essay eigen [tümlich ]; in der Form, Art eines Essays

 

French Dictionary

essayage

essayage n. m. nom masculin Action d ’essayer un vêtement. : Des salons d ’essayage.

 

essayer

essayer v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif 1 Vérifier, expérimenter, faire l ’essai de. : Marie-Ève essaie une bicyclette. Essayer un vêtement. 2 Tenter de. : Essayer de chanter, d ’escalader une falaise. SYNONYME chercher ; efforcer ; tâcher . Note Syntaxique En ce sens, le verbe se construit avec la préposition de suivie de l ’infinitif. verbe pronominal Faire une tentative en vue de, s ’exercer à. : Étienne s ’essaiera à la planche à voile, à plonger. SYNONYME hasarder . Note Syntaxique Dans sa forme pronominale, le verbe se construit avec la préposition à suivie d ’un nom ou d ’un infinitif. Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Ils se sont essayés à jouer au hockey. payer Conjugaison Le y peut être changé en i devant un e muet. Cette dernière forme est la plus usitée. J ’essaie ou j ’essaye, j ’essaierai ou j ’essayerai.Le y est suivi d ’un i à la première et à la deuxième personne du pluriel de l ’indicatif imparfait et du subjonctif présent. (Que ) nous essayions, (que ) vous essayiez.

 

essayiste

essayiste n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin Personne qui écrit des essais.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

essay

es say /éseɪ /〖語源は 「試みること 」〗名詞 ～s /-z /C 1 «…についての » (学生に課される )レポート , 小論文, 作文 «on , about » (!卒業 [修士 学位 ]論文はthesis ) ▸ write [compose ] a brief essay about Japanese history 日本史について小論を書く ▸ an essay exam 論文試験 2 «…に関する » 評論 ; 随筆 , エッセイ «on, about » ▸ essays on literature 文芸評論 3 ｟かたく ｠ «…における /…に対する /…しようとする » 試み , 企て «in, at /into /in do ing » .動詞 /eséɪ /～s ; ～ed ; ～ing 他動詞 ｟かたく /文 ｠〈物 事 〉を試みる ; 試す, 試験する ▸ John essayed another plan .ジョンは別の計画を試みた

 

essayist

es say ist /éseɪɪst /名詞 C 随筆家, エッセイスト .