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  • essay  /ɛ ˈseɪ/ ?  an analytic or interpretive literary composition

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    1. (n) an analytic or interpretive literary composition
    2. (n) a tentative attempt
    3. (v) make an effort or attempt
    4. (v) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
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    Synonym(s)

    attempt, seek

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    • PTI's reflective issue features stories from the past year, features on 11 lives altered by the attacks, photo essays and other pieces on a changed nation and world.
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  • essayer  /ɛ ˈsɛɪ ə/ ?  one who tries
  • essayist  /ˈɛ ˌseɪ ɪst/ ?  a writer of literary works
  • esselen  a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near…
  • essen  /ˈɛ sən/ ?  a city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr
  • essence  /ˈɛ səns/ ?  the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  • essene  a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
  • essential  /ɪ ˈsɛn ʃəl/ ?  being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
  • essential amino acid  an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot…
  • essential condition  a prerequisite
  • essential hypertension  persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which…
  • essential oil  an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used…
  • essential thrombocytopenia  the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a…
  • essential tremor  tremor of unknown cause (usually of the hands and head) that develops…
  • essentiality  /ɪ ˌsɛn ʃɪ ˈæ lɪ tɪ/ ?  basic importance
  • essentially  /ɪ ˈsɛn ʃə li/ ?  in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature
  • essentialness  basic importance
  • essex  /ˈɛ sɪks/ ?  a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
  • essonite  a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown
  • est  /ə ˈsteɪt/ ?  standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian;…
  • establish  /ɪ ˈstæb lɪʃ/ ?  set up or found
  • established  /ɪ ˈstæb lɪʃt/ ?  brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
  • established church  the church that is recognized as the official church of a nation
  • establishment  /ɪ ˈstæb lɪʃ mənt/ ?  the act of forming or establishing something
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