different between essaying vs tentative
essaying
English
Verb
essaying
- present participle of essay
Noun
essaying (plural essayings)
- An attempt; a try.
- a. 1858, Charles Boner, Mother and Child
- The dialogue most sweet
Is a glad mother's converse with her child,
When first he makes his essayings at speech.
- The dialogue most sweet
- a. 1858, Charles Boner, Mother and Child
essaying From the web:
tentative
English
Etymology
French tentatif, from Latin tentativus (“trying, testing”), from tento, past participle tentatus (“to try, test”); see tent, tempt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?nt?t?v/
- Hyphenation: ten?ta?tive
Noun
tentative (plural tentatives)
- A trial; an experiment; an attempt.
Adjective
tentative (comparative more tentative, superlative most tentative)
- Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
- Uncertain; subject to future change.
Derived terms
- tentativeness
- tentatively
Antonyms
- (subject to future change): conclusive, definitive, certain
Translations
Further reading
- tentative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tentative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- attentive
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin tent?t?va, from tent? (“to attempt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??.ta.tiv/
Noun
tentative f (plural tentatives)
- attempt, try, effort
- Synonym: essai
Related terms
- tenter
Further reading
- “tentative” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
tentative
- inflection of tentativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
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