to make an effort (to do something) or to achieve (something); try to try to surmount (an obstacle) to try to climb
an endeavour to achieve something; effort a result of an attempt or endeavour an attack, esp with the intention to kill
attemptUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈtɛmpt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/əˈtɛmpt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ə tempt′)
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025 at•tempt /əˈtɛmpt/USA pronunciation
v. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
n. [countable]
at•tempt
(ə tempt′),USA pronunciation v.t.
n.
at•tempt′a•ble, adj. at•tempt′er, n.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
'attempt' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- Australian Rules
- Barton
- Charcot
- Charles X
- Czechoslovakia
- Darien
- Delaunay
- administration order
- advances
- agitate
- allow
- ambitious
- angle
- answer
- assault
- assay
- assertion
- authentic
- backstab
- ball
- ballyhoo
- bar
- base
- bash
- bashful
- basilica
- bate
- bear
- bear raid
- bid
- biobehavioral
- biohacking
- bird dog
- birl
- bite
- blackmail
- blank
- bluster
- bob
- boondoggle
- botch
- brave
- break
- breakaway
- brute-force attack
- buck
- bull
- bully
- burl
Collocations: attempting to [make, find, get, provide, keep], a [successful, risky, failed, brutal, brave, desperate] attempt, attempted [successfully, confidently] to, more... Forum discussions with the word(s) "attempt" in the title: ... that his would be the only attempt/ his first attempt...
...the attempt to <explain away> superficial resemblance as due to convergent evolution... A dangerous endeavour is it to attempt inversion in English a false attempt at birthday cheer a pathetic attempt at cultural defiance a personal attempt at exorcism a recruiting attempt a wonky attempt a/the last attempt abandon their abortive attempt about 20 years of "a" serious attempt After twice suicide attempt an attempt at antiquity that the building could not <sustain> An attempt to ---- a poem should never be made An "attempt" to call - call back - ding - buzz an attempt to do / at doing 1 an attempt to eliminate the circles beneath their eyes. An attempt to vs attempt at An attempt to/at/of An unsuccessful and unpopular attempt to marry him to the Spanish Habsburg princess Maria Anna culmi Any attempt to rouse his manhood and his pride would only <make him worse> approving of a person's first attempt at doing something as it inluded an attempt at the attempt at the first try/ at the first attempt attempt / attempting attempt a full-throated rehab attempt at snow attempt checkmated attempt escape more... Look up "attempt" at Merriam-Webster Look up "attempt" at dictionary.com
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