Essay

/ˈɛs.eɪ/

Synonyms for "essay" (238 found)

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Closest matches (48)

Adjective(3 words)

academic assignmentclassical compositioncomposed work

acid testaim apercu approach article assay attempt autograph bidblank determinationbrainchildbring to testbrouillon causerie chance compete compositioncomputer printoutconfirm copy

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crack criterioncrucial testcruciblecut and trydescant determination discourse discussion disquisition dissertation docimasy

Determiner(1 words)

an article

Noun(10 words)

article attemptcommunalist theory analysiscompo composcomposed ofcompositioncomposition usecomposition writingcritique artworks

Verb(2 words)

assay attempt

Strong matches (71)

document draft draught draughtsman draughtyedited versioneditorial effort endeavor engage engrossment etude examination excursus exertion experiment explication expositionfair copyfeature

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feeling outfictionfinal draftfinished versionfirst approachfirst draftflimsy fling gambitgive a trygive a tryoutgogo abouthasslehave a goholograph homily intendintroductory studykiteflying labor letter licklift a fingerliterae scriptaeliterary artefactliterary productionliterature lucubrationmake an attemptmake an effortmanuscript matter memoir monograph morceau move ms nonfiction note offer opus

Noun(5 words)

effort endeavoressay writingformed frommeditations

Adjective(3 words)

english craftgerman papierlong piece

Verb(1 words)

examine

Related words (119)

ordeal original outline pamphlet pandect paper paragraph parchment penscript piecepiece of writingplayplay around withpoem practicepractice uponpreliminary studyprinted matterprintout probation

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production prolegomenon proof proveput to trialreading matterrecension researchresearch paperroad testroad-testrough draftrough sketchrun a samplesample screed scrip script scrive scrollsecond draftseekshake downshot sketchsounding outspecial articlestab standard step strive striving strokestrong bidstruggle study substantiate survey tackle taste tentativeterm papertesttest casethe written wordtheme thesis toil touchstone tract tractate transcript transcription travail treatise treatment trialtrial and errortrytry it ontry outtypescript undertake undertaking validate ventureventure onventure uponverification verify version war whack work wrestle writing

Noun(15 words)

paper piece piecesportuguese ensaioshort piecespanish componerstudent worktext productiontry undertake walden writingswritten assignmentwritten textwritten work

Verb(6 words)

prove seek test trytry outwrite

Adjective(2 words)

writing-intensive assignmentwritten article

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More general

18 entries

actaction verbattempt composition effort endeavor endeavour evaluate judgeliterary formmovepass judgmentpiece of writingtrial try writing

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More specific

10 entries

descriptive essayendeavorexpository essayfirst attemptnarrative essaypersuasive essaypilot runtesting attempttrial periodtry

Collocations

10 entries

academic essaycreative essayessay contestessay outlineessay promptessay writingexpository essayfive paragraph essaypersuasive essayshort essay

Inflections

3 entries

essayed essaying essays

Derivations

3 entries

essaying essayist essayistic

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

His essay gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, so it was a real surprise to him when he got the highest grade in the class.

Source: tatoeba (1952)

What criterion did you use when you elected this essay as the winner?

Source: tatoeba (2003)

You can finish your essay now.

Source: tatoeba (2051)

Your essay has some mistakes, but as a whole it is very good.

Source: tatoeba (17144)

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