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attempt
English
Etymology
Late 14th century, as Middle English attempten, from Old French atempter, from Latin attempt? (“I try, solicit”), from ad (“to”) + temptare, more correctly tentare (“to try”); see tempt.The noun is from the 1530s, the sense "an assault on somebody's life, assassination attempt" (French attentat) is from 1580.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?mpt/
- Rhymes: -?mpt
Verb
attempt (third-person singular simple present attempts, present participle attempting, simple past and past participle attempted)
- To try.
- I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.
- to attempt an escape from prison
- 1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Village Blacksmith
- Something attempted, something done, / Has earned a night's repose.
- (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
- Yet since I see you fearful, that neither my coat, integrity, nor persuasion can with ease attempt you, I will go further than I meant, to pluck all fears out of you.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
- (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
- one who attempts the virtue of a woman
- (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
- to attempt the enemy's camp
- 1830, John Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic
- without attempting his adversary's life
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- take a stab at, take a run at
Translations
Noun
attempt (plural attempts)
- The action of trying at something. [1530]
- We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn't manage.
- This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.
- It was worth the attempt.
- No matter how many failed attempts we made, we maintained a positive attitude and tried again and again until we succeeded.
- An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt. [1580]
- 1584 No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm. (Allen's Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh review 1883, p. 378)
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "attempt": first, failed, desperate, last, half-hearted, unsuccessful, serious, successful, feeble, new, honest, vain, sincere, ambitious, earnest, clumsy, direct, hard, brilliant, official, useless, clever, sophisticated, amateurish.
Synonyms
- effort
- try
Translations
Further reading
- attempt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- attempt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- attempt at OneLook Dictionary Search
attempt From the web:
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- what is meant by attempt
iterate
English
Etymology
From Latin iter? (“do it for a second time, repeat”), from iterum (“again”), akin to is (“he, that”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t??e?t/, /?a?t??e?t/
Verb
iterate (third-person singular simple present iterates, present participle iterating, simple past and past participle iterated)
- (computing) to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set
- (computing, mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action
- (transitive, archaic) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
- (design, transitive, intransitive) To repeat an activity, making incremental changes each time
Synonyms
- (to repeat): reiterate; see also Thesaurus:reiterate
Translations
Noun
iterate (plural iterates)
- (mathematics) a function that iterates
- f2(x0) is the second iterate of x0 under f.
- 2011, M. A. Kaashoek, T. T. West, Locally Compact Semi-Algebras (page 8)
- An important example of such a semigroup in infinite dimensional Hilbert space is the weak operator closed monothetic semigroup generated by a linear operator with equibounded iterates.
Derived terms
- reiterate
- iterative
- iterator
Adjective
iterate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Said or done again; repeated.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Gardiner to this entry?)
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:repeated
Further reading
- iterate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- iterate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- iterate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ariette
Italian
Verb
iterate
- second-person plural present indicative of iterare
- second-person plural imperative of iterare
- feminine plural of iterato
Latin
Verb
iter?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of iter?
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