Meaning of "attempt" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ATTEMPT

From Old French attempter, from Latin attemptāre to strive after, from tentāre to try.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ATTEMPT

attempt  [əˈtɛmpt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ATTEMPT

Attempt is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb attempt in English.

WHAT DOES ATTEMPT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Attempt

Homicide ▪ Murder ▪ Felony murder ▪ Manslaughter ▪ Negligent homicide ▪ Vehicular homicide Crimes against property ▪ Arson ▪ Blackmail ▪ Burglary ▪ Embezzlement ▪ Extortion ▪ False pretenses ▪ Fraud ▪ Larceny ▪ Possessing stolen property ▪ Robbery ▪ Theft Crimes against justice ▪ Compounding ▪ Misprision ▪ Obstruction ▪ Perjury ▪ Malfeasance in office ▪ Perverting the course of justice Defences to liability ▪ Automatism ▪ Consent ▪ Defence of property ▪ Diminished responsibility ▪ Duress ▪ Entrapment ▪ Ignorantia juris non excusat ▪ Infancy ▪ Insanity ▪ Justification ▪ Mistake ▪ Necessity ▪ Provocation ▪ Self-defence Other common law areas ▪ Contracts ▪ Evidence ▪ Property ▪ Torts ▪ Wills, trusts and estates Portals ▪ Criminal justice ▪ Law v t e Attempt in criminal law is an offense that occurs when a person comes dangerously close to carrying out a criminal act, and intends to commit the act, but does not in fact commit it.

Definition of attempt in the English dictionary

The first definition of attempt in the dictionary is to make an effort or to achieve ; try. Other definition of attempt is to try to surmount. Attempt is also to try to climb.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ATTEMPT

PRESENT

Present

I attempt

you attempt

he/she/it attempts

we attempt

you attempt

they attempt

Present continuous

I am attempting

you are attempting

he/she/it is attempting

we are attempting

you are attempting

they are attempting

Present perfect

I have attempted

you have attempted

he/she/it has attempted

we have attempted

you have attempted

they have attempted

Present perfect continuous

I have been attempting

you have been attempting

he/she/it has been attempting

we have been attempting

you have been attempting

they have been attempting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I attempted

you attempted

he/she/it attempted

we attempted

you attempted

they attempted

Past continuous

I was attempting

you were attempting

he/she/it was attempting

we were attempting

you were attempting

they were attempting

Past perfect

I had attempted

you had attempted

he/she/it had attempted

we had attempted

you had attempted

they had attempted

Past perfect continuous

I had been attempting

you had been attempting

he/she/it had been attempting

we had been attempting

you had been attempting

they had been attempting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will attempt

you will attempt

he/she/it will attempt

we will attempt

you will attempt

they will attempt

Future continuous

I will be attempting

you will be attempting

he/she/it will be attempting

we will be attempting

you will be attempting

they will be attempting

Future perfect

I will have attempted

you will have attempted

he/she/it will have attempted

we will have attempted

you will have attempted

they will have attempted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been attempting

you will have been attempting

he/she/it will have been attempting

we will have been attempting

you will have been attempting

they will have been attempting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would attempt

you would attempt

he/she/it would attempt

we would attempt

you would attempt

they would attempt

Conditional continuous

I would be attempting

you would be attempting

he/she/it would be attempting

we would be attempting

you would be attempting

they would be attempting

Conditional perfect

I would have attempt

you would have attempt

he/she/it would have attempt

we would have attempt

you would have attempt

they would have attempt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been attempting

you would have been attempting

he/she/it would have been attempting

we would have been attempting

you would have been attempting

they would have been attempting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you attempt
we let´s attempt
you attempt

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to attempt

Past participle

attempted

Present Participle

attempting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ATTEMPT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «attempt» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of attempt

aim · assault · attack · bid · crack · effort · endeavour · essay · experiment · go · have a shot at · offensive · seek · shot · stab · strike · strive · struggle · tackle · take on · trial · try · undertake · undertaking · venture

TRANSLATION OF ATTEMPT

Find out the translation of attempt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of attempt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «attempt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 尝试
• Translator English - Spanish: intento
• English: attempt
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रयास
• Translator English - Arabic: مُحَاوَلة
• Translator English - Russian: попытка
• Translator English - Portuguese: tentativa
• Translator English - Bengali: attemperment
• Translator English - French: tentative
• Translator English - Malay: Percubaan
• Translator English - German: Versuch
• Translator English - Japanese: 試み
• Translator English - Korean: 시도
• Translator English - Javanese: Usaha
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự cố gắng
• Translator English - Tamil: attemperment
• Translator English - Marathi: समर्पण
• Translator English - Turkish: attemperment
• Translator English - Italian: tentativo
• Translator English - Polish: próba
• Translator English - Ukrainian: спроба
• Translator English - Romanian: încercare
• Translator English - Greek: απόπειρα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: poging om
• Translator English - Swedish: försök
• Translator English - Norwegian: forsøk

10 QUOTES WITH «ATTEMPT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word attempt.

1

Maude Adams

When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure.

2

Alfred Adler

Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.

3

Damon Albarn

It always struck me that Africa was, in a strange way, a futuristic place and had elements and vibes and spirits that were going to inform the future. Africa Express is an attempt to engage that power outside Africa, and for everyone to benefit from it.

4

Tadao Ando

In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside.

5

Edward St Aubyn

The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth.

6

Gregory Bateson

In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA.

7

Kate Beckinsale

I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts from all my friends going, 'What's the matter with you?' But I haven't ever made a big attempt to have any particular image. And I don't really worry about it. If it's funny, I don't care.

8

Ezra Taft Benson

There will always be those little minds who, out of vanity or intellectual display, will attempt to destroy faith in the very foundations of life.

9

Cofer Black

We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.

10

David Bohm

Indeed, the attempt to live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate is, in essence, what has led to the growing series of extremely urgent crises that is confronting us today.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATTEMPT»

Discover the use of attempt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to attempt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Marx's Attempt to Leave Philosophy

Table of Contents: Abbreviations Introduction Themes from the Young Hegelians Feuerbach's and Marx's Complaint against Philosophy The Interest of These Texts Chapter by Chapter 1.

Daniel BRUDNEY, Daniel Brudney, 2009

Nietzsche: Attempt at a Mythology

Now, with Nietzsche's importance for twentieth-century thought undisputed, the work by one of his most influential interpreters can at last be read in English._x000B__x000B_Employing a perspectival technique inspired by Nietzsche himself, ...

Ernst Bertram, 2009

Or Perish in the Attempt: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis & ...

Dr. David Peck's Or Perish in the Attempt ingeniously combines the remarkable adventures of Lewis and Clark with the problems of health faced by their expedition.

David J. Peck, 2002

Waking Up, Alive: The Descent, the Suicide Attempt, and the ...

Interviews with failed suicides share the reasons they felt suicide was their only option, and describe their experiences after recovery These are the words of survivors who have lived through one of the most insidious conditions of our ...

Richard A. Heckler, 1996

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.

Lafcadio Hearn, 2005

Another attempt at rescue

M.L. "M.L. Smoker's poems are tough, funny, magical, but not in a goofy way. This is blue-collar magic. Unemployed magic. Living on government cheese magic. I highly recommend this collection"

Mandy L. Smoker, 2005

My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography

The only Bolshevik leader to write his memoirs, Leon Trotsky published this remarkable book in 1930, the first year of a perilous, decade-long exile that ended with his assassination in Mexico.

Leon Trotsky, 2012

Roosevelt’s attempt to alter the composition of the Supreme ...

In this essay, I will describe the situation which led to his proposal of reorganization, his further proceedings and the reactions to them.

Birgit Wilpers, 2010

The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple ...

The story of the author's nine-month-long journey to build a toaster from scratch--from his local appliance store to remote mines in the UK to his mother's backyard, where he creates a crude foundry--aims to help the reader reflect on the ...

Thomas Thwaites, 2011

Rainbow Warrior: The French Attempt to Sink Greenpeace

Describes the goals of the Greenpeace movement, recounts the French attempt to sink the Rainbow Warrior, and examines the consequences of the affair

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATTEMPT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term attempt is used in the context of the following news items.

Mozambique destroys large stockpile of ivory, rhino horn in attempt …

JOHANNESBURG – Mozambique says it has destroyed a large stockpile of confiscated ivory and rhino horn in an effort to curb severe ... «Fox News, Jul 15»

Scramble: Timeline of China's Attempt to Prevent a Stock Market …

An investor is reflected on glass doors as he walks past in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»

Listen: Barry Zito talks resilience and comeback attempt with A's

On Thursday, Zito was a guest on Steve Gorman SPORTS!, and he took the opportunity to discuss his comeback attempt and his thoughts on ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»

Man rescued from river in second attempt

A Police spokesman says the Coast Guard had to bring in a small inflatable boat to complete the rescue at approximately 2.30pm after its first attempt in larger ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»

Confederate flag supporters attempt to rally at Walmarts, other …

A gathering of Confederate flag supporters spent much of Sunday moving from one location to another, in an attempt to rally. More News. «WYFF Greenville, Jul 15»

Tasty theme for record attempt by Market Drayton pupils

The world record attempt marked the official launch of the Market Drayton Learning Partnership, which was formed last year pulling together ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»

Vision Center shoplifters sought by Berlin Township police following …

The second attempt was stopped by Vision Center employees when they recognized the two. Police were notified after the second try was ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»

World Record attempt at Taste of Lockport

But something made this year's event stand out from the rest: an attempt on a Guinness world record. Radio Station 92.9 Jack FM tried to get ... «WGRZ-TV, Jul 15»

Woman Accused Of Stabbing Boyfriend On Second Attempt

Charleston police said a woman who first tried to stab her boyfriend but only scratched his arm did it on the second attempt after she retrieved ... «WCHS-TV8, Jul 15»

Possible smuggling attempt breaks sewer line

As for details of the possible smuggling attempt, he said: “There's nothing confirmed yet because obviously the access to this area has been ... «Nogales International, Jul 15»