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"ipa": "/ˈɛs.eɪ/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛˈseɪ/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛseɪ"
},
{
"homophone": "ese"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ese"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "maqāla",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مَقَالَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "baḥṯ",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بَحْث"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šaradrutʿyun",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "շարադրություն"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ēsse",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "էսսե"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "rosona",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "ৰচনা"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "esse"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "inşa"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "oçerk"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "məqalə"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"note": "in high school",
"roman": "inşa",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "инша"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "tvor",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "твор"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "esé",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "эсэ́"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nárys",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́рыс"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "probondho",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "প্রবন্ধ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "esé",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "есе́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎčinénie",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "съчине́ние"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "óčerk",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "о́черк"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "cacicakum:",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "စာစီစာကုံး"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "catam:ngai",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "စာတမ်းငယ်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "redacció"
},
{
"alt": "zok³ man⁴⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "作文"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "雜文"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "záwén",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "杂文"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "論文"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lùnwén",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "论文"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuòwén",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "作文"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esej"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "essay"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stil"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "essay"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "opstel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "essai"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "eseo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "essee"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "essee"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "kirjoitelma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "aine"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "in school",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "ainekirjoitus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "essai"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rédaction"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dissertation"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ensaio"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ese",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "ესე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "txzuleba",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "თხზულება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aufsatz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Essay"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dokímio",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "δοκίμιο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pragmateía",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πραγματεία"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ékthesi",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "έκθεση"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sýngrama",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σύγγραμα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "meletḗmata",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μελετήματα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "masá",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַסָּה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nibandh",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "निबंध"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mazmūn",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "मज़मून"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "esszé"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ritgerð"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "esayo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "esai"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aiste"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "saggio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ricerca"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "studio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "essei",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "エッセイ"
},
{
"alt": "ずいひつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zuihitsu",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "随筆"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ésse",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "эссе"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "şyğarma",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "шығарма"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "oçerk",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "очерк"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "maqala",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "мақала"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼatthaʼbɑt",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "អត្ថបទ"
},
{
"alt": "隨筆",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "supil",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "수필"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "esei",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "에세이"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "esse",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "эссе"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "dilbayan",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "дилбаян"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ocerk",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "очерк"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "meditatio"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "meletemata"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eseja"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esė"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "esej",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "есеј"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "lahateny"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "kabary"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "famelabelaran-kevitra"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "karangan"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "upanyāsaṁ",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "ഉപന്യാസം"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "tuhingaroa"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "essay"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "maqāla",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مقاله"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "maqâle",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "مقاله"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jostâr",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "جستار"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esej"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wypracowanie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rozprawka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ensaio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "redação"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eseu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sočinénije",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сочине́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "essɛ́",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "эссе́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óčerk",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "о́черк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ѐсе̄ј"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "èsēj"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esej"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esej"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ensayo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "redacción"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
"word": "insha"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "uppsats"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "essä"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "sanaysay"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "maqola",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "мақола"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "navištor",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "навиштор"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "inšo",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "иншо"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "inşa",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "инша"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vyāsamu",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "వ్యాసము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam-riiang",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "ความเรียง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "deneme"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "kompozisyon"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "esé",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "есе́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "eséj",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "есе́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tvir",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "твір"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nárys",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́рис"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "maqālā",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "مَقالَہ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "inśāiyā",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "اِنشائِیَہ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "mazmūn",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مَضْمُون"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "maqale",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "ماقالە"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "insho"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "esse"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "ocherk"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "maqola"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "tiểu luận"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "traethawd"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ysgrif"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "esey",
"sense": "written composition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עסיי"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "written composition",
"word": "àròkọ"
}
],
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"essay"
],
"word": "essay"
}
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "essayer"
},
"expansion": "Middle French essayer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "essaier"
},
"expansion": "essaier",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "essaiier"
},
"expansion": "Old French essaiier",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "essayer"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "essaier"
},
"expansion": "essaier",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "assaiier"
},
"expansion": "assaiier",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "assayer"
},
"expansion": "assayer",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "assaier"
},
"expansion": "assaier",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "essay"
},
"expansion": "essay",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "essai"
},
"expansion": "essai",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "assay"
},
"expansion": "assay",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "assai",
"3": "",
"4": "attempt; assay; experiment"
},
"expansion": "assai (“attempt; assay; experiment”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French essayer, essaier, from Old French essaiier, essayer, essaier, assaiier, assayer, assaier, from essay, essai, assay, assai (“attempt; assay; experiment”) as above.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "essays",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "essaying",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "essayed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "essayed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "essay (third-person singular simple present essays, present participle essaying, simple past and past participle essayed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter II, in The House Behind the Cedars",
"text": "He retraced his steps to the front gate, which he essayed to open.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1950 April, R. A. H. Weight, “They Passed by My Window”, in Railway Magazine, page 260",
"text": "The train took the slow to branch spur at the north end at a not much slower speed, then essayed the short sharply curved climb with a terrific roar, smoke rising straight from the chimney to a height of some 60 ft., the long train twisting and curling behind.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To attempt or try."
],
"links": [
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
],
[
"try",
"try"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, transitive) To attempt or try."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To move forth, as into battle."
],
"links": [
[
"move",
"move"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To move forth, as into battle."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛˈseɪ/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"essay"
],
"word": "essay"
}
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