Essay

//ˈɛs.eɪ//

Synonyms for "essay" (198 found)

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Closest matches (40)

Verb(2 words)
assayattempt

Strong matches (59)

Verb(1 words)
examine

Related words (99)

ordealoriginaloutlinepamphletpandectpaperparagraphparchmentpenscriptpiecepiece of writingplayplay around withpoempracticepractice uponpreliminary studyprinted matterprintoutprobation
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productionprolegomenonproofproveput to trialreading matterrecensionresearchresearch paperroad testroad-testrough draftrough sketchrun a samplesamplescreedscripscriptscrivescrollsecond draftseekshake downshotsketchsounding outspecial articlestabstandardstepstrivestrivingstrokestrong bidstrugglestudysubstantiatesurveytackletastetentativeterm papertest casethe written wordthemethesistoiltouchstonetracttractatetranscripttranscriptiontravailtreatisetreatmenttrialtrial and errortry it ontry outtypescriptundertakeundertakingvalidateventureventure onventure uponverificationverifyversionwarwhackworkwrestlewriting

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More general

13 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

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derived

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has context

3 entries

is a

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related to

15 entries

Translations

135 translations across 74 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • ese noun (written composition)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μελετήματα noun (written composition)

Arabic

2 entries
  • بَحْث noun (written composition)
  • مَقَالَة noun (written composition)

Armenian

2 entries
  • էսսե noun (written composition)
  • շարադրություն noun (written composition)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ৰচনা noun (written composition)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • esse noun (written composition)
  • inşa noun (written composition)
  • məqalə noun (written composition)
  • oçerk noun (written composition)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • инша noun (written composition)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • на́рыс noun (written composition)
  • твор noun (written composition)
  • эсэ́ noun (written composition)

Bengali

1 entries
  • প্রবন্ধ noun (written composition)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • есе́ noun (written composition)
  • о́черк noun (written composition)
  • съчине́ние noun (written composition)

Burmese

2 entries
  • စာစီစာကုံး noun (written composition)
  • စာတမ်းငယ် noun (written composition)

Catalan

1 entries
  • redacció noun (written composition)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 作文 noun (written composition)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 作文 noun (written composition)
  • 論文 /论文 noun (written composition)
  • 雜文 /杂文 noun (written composition)

Czech

1 entries
  • esej noun (written composition)

Danish

2 entries
  • essay noun (written composition)
  • stil noun (written composition)

Dutch

3 entries
  • essai noun (written composition)
  • essay noun (written composition)
  • opstel noun (written composition)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • eseo noun (written composition)

Estonian

2 entries
  • essee noun (written composition)
  • kirjand noun (written composition)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aine noun (written composition)
  • ainekirjoitus noun (written composition)
  • essee noun (written composition)
  • kirjoitelma noun (written composition)

French

3 entries
  • dissertation noun (written composition)
  • essai noun (written composition)
  • rédaction noun (written composition)

Galician

1 entries
  • ensaio noun (written composition)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ესე noun (written composition)
  • თხზულება noun (written composition)

German

2 entries
  • Aufsatz noun (written composition)
  • Essay noun (written composition)

Greek

4 entries
  • έκθεση noun (written composition)
  • δοκίμιο noun (written composition)
  • πραγματεία noun (written composition)
  • σύγγραμα noun (written composition)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַסָּה noun (written composition)

Hindi

1 entries
  • निबंध noun (written composition)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • esszé noun (written composition)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • ritgerð noun (written composition)

Ido

1 entries
  • esayo noun (written composition)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • esai noun (written composition)

Irish

1 entries
  • aiste noun (written composition)

Italian

3 entries
  • ricerca noun (written composition)
  • saggio noun (written composition)
  • studio noun (written composition)

Japanese

2 entries
  • エッセイ noun (written composition)
  • 随筆 noun (written composition)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • мақала noun (written composition)
  • очерк noun (written composition)
  • шығарма noun (written composition)
  • эссе noun (written composition)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អត្ថបទ noun (written composition)

Korean

2 entries
  • 수필 noun (written composition)
  • 에세이 noun (written composition)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • дилбаян noun (written composition)
  • очерк noun (written composition)
  • эссе noun (written composition)

Latin

2 entries
  • meditatio noun (written composition)
  • meletemata noun (written composition)

Latvian

1 entries
  • eseja noun (written composition)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • esė noun (written composition)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • есеј noun (written composition)

Malagasy

3 entries
  • famelabelaran-kevitra noun (written composition)
  • kabary noun (written composition)
  • lahateny noun (written composition)

Malay

1 entries
  • karangan noun (written composition)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഉപന്യാസം noun (written composition)

Marathi

1 entries
  • निबंध noun (written composition)

Māori

1 entries
  • tuhingaroa noun (written composition)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • essay noun (written composition)

Pashto

1 entries
  • مقاله noun (written composition)

Persian

2 entries
  • جستار noun (written composition)
  • مقاله noun (written composition)

Polish

3 entries
  • esej noun (written composition)
  • rozprawka noun (written composition)
  • wypracowanie noun (written composition)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • ensaio noun (written composition)
  • redação noun (written composition)

Romanian

1 entries
  • eseu noun (written composition)

Russian

3 entries
  • о́черк noun (written composition)
  • сочине́ние noun (written composition)
  • эссе́ noun (written composition)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • èsēj noun (written composition)
  • ѐсе̄ј noun (written composition)

Slovak

1 entries
  • esej noun (written composition)

Slovene

1 entries
  • esej noun (written composition)

Spanish

4 entries
  • composición escrita noun (written composition)
  • ensayo noun (written composition)
  • monografía noun (written composition)
  • redacción noun (written composition)

Swahili

1 entries
  • insha noun (written composition)

Swedish

2 entries
  • essä noun (written composition)
  • uppsats noun (written composition)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • sanaysay noun (written composition)

Tajik

3 entries
  • иншо noun (written composition)
  • мақола noun (written composition)
  • навиштор noun (written composition)

Tatar

1 entries
  • инша noun (written composition)

Telugu

1 entries
  • వ్యాసము noun (written composition)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความเรียง noun (written composition)

Turkish

2 entries
  • deneme noun (written composition)
  • kompozisyon noun (written composition)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • есе́ noun (written composition)
  • есе́й noun (written composition)
  • на́рис noun (written composition)
  • твір noun (written composition)

Urdu

3 entries
  • اِنشائِیَہ noun (written composition)
  • مَضْمُون noun (written composition)
  • مَقالَہ noun (written composition)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ماقالە noun (written composition)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • esse noun (written composition)
  • insho noun (written composition)
  • maqola noun (written composition)
  • ocherk noun (written composition)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tiểu luận noun (written composition)

Welsh

2 entries
  • traethawd noun (written composition)
  • ysgrif noun (written composition)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • עסיי noun (written composition)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • àròkọ noun (written composition)

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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