Associations to the word «Essay»
Noun
- Thinker
- Reflection
- Marx
- Elegy
- Romantic
- Philosopher
- Metaphor
- Paragraph
- Keats
- Enquiry
- Musing
- Author
- Originality
- Capitalism
- Blackwood
- Shakespeare
- Humanist
- Feminist
- Photo
- Nationalism
- Philology
- Journal
- Eighteenth
- Classic
- Book
- Pause
- Symbolism
- Morality
- Godwin
- Spirituality
- Magazine
- Paradox
- Quotation
- Napoleon
- Article
- Wilde
- Criterion
- Anarchist
- Publication
- Judaism
- Ethics
- Ed
- Dickens
- Verse
- Ideology
- Theorist
- Thesis
- Imperialism
- Politics
- Sonnet
- Paine
- Theology
- Cosmology
- Editor
- Erasmus
- Joke
- Confucianism
- Narrative
- Writer
- Utopia
- Walden
- Contemporary
- Conservatism
- Darwin
- Farrar
- Anecdote
- Colonialism
- Plato
Adjective
Wiktionary
ESSAY, noun. A written composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject.
ESSAY, noun. (obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.
ESSAY, noun. (now rare) An attempt.
ESSAY, verb. (dated) (transitive) To try.
ESSAY, verb. (intransitive) To move forth, as into battle.
Dictionary definition
ESSAY, noun. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
ESSAY, noun. A tentative attempt.
ESSAY, verb. Make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world".
ESSAY, verb. Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe".
Wise words
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.