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- Dictionaryattempt/əˈtɛm(p)t/
verb
- 1. make an effort to achieve or complete (something difficult): "she attempted a comeback in 2001"
noun
- 1. an effort to achieve or complete a difficult task or action: "an attempt to halt the bombings"
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ATTEMPT definition: 1. to try to do something, especially something difficult: 2. the act of trying to do something…. Learn more.
- Attempted
ATTEMPTED definition: 1. (of a crime) that someone has tried...
- English (US)
ATTEMPT meaning: 1. to try to do something, especially...
- Traditional
ATTEMPT translate: （尤指為完成難事而進行）努力，嘗試, （尤指為完成難事而進行的）努力，嘗試,...
- Sociable
SOCIABLE definition: 1. Sociable people like to meet and...
- Attempted
If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it. The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia. [ VERB to-infinitive ]
The meaning of ATTEMPT is to make an effort to do, accomplish, solve, or effect. How to use attempt in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Attempt.
ATTEMPT definition: 1. If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it: 2. an attempt to kill someone 3. to…. Learn more.
When you attempt something, you test your ability to do that thing. Less commonly, an attempt is also an attack, especially an attack that is meant to kill. If someone makes an attempt on a leader’s life, for example, it means that someone tried to kill that leader.
attempt. (əˈtɛmpt) vb (tr) 1. to make an effort (to do something) or to achieve (something); try. 2. to try to surmount (an obstacle) 3. (Mountaineering) to try to climb: they will attempt the north wall of the Eiger. 4. archaic to attack. 5. archaic to tempt.
To attempt is to make an effort. You may attempt to read a book, but if you fail, no harm. If you attempt to jump from one building to the next and fail . . . . Ouch. The word attempt can also be used as a noun. It's an honest effort to do something.
