Meaning

4 senses
  1. The action of trying at something.

    We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn’t manage.

    This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.

    Versuch, Bestreben, Bestrebung

    попы́ткаpopýtka, про́баpróba, о́пытópyt

    спро́баspróba

  2. An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.

    Anschlag, Attentat

    покуше́ниеpokušénije

    за́махzámax

  3. A substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).

  4. An act of trying to commit suicide

    Her attempt was not successful, and resulted in her being hospitalized.

    the act of attacking

Examples

701 sentences
  1. I attempted to solve the problem.

    Я спробував вирішити проблему. — aandrusiak

    deIch versuchte, das Problem zu lösen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Don't attempt to do this by yourself.

    Не намагайся зробити це самостійно. — deniko

    ruНе пытайся сделать это самостоятельно. — soniamiku

  3. Tom didn't even attempt to help Mary.

    Том навіть не намагався допомогти Мері. — oromashka

    ruТом даже не попытался помочь Мэри. — odexed

  4. Tom passed his driving test on his first attempt.

    Том здав екзамен з водіння з першої спроби. — deniko

    ruФома сдал экзамен по вождению с первой попытки. — Lenin_1917

    deTom bestand seine Führerscheinprüfung im ersten Anlauf. — Zaghawa

  5. All our attempts failed.

    Всі наші спроби зазнали невдачі. — deniko

    ruВсе наши попытки провалились. — Balamax

    deAlle unsere Versuche schlugen fehl. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
the action of trying at something:
attack:
Русский
By meaning 2
the action of trying at something:
attack:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the action of trying at something:
attack:

Origin

Late 14th century, as Middle English attempten, from Old French atempter, from Latin attem

Late 14th century, as Middle English attempten, from Old French atempter, from Latin attemptō (“to try, solicit”), from ad- (“to”) + temptō; see tempt.

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Forms

plural: attempts
Singularattempt
Pluralattempts

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • attempted suicide
  • attempted to escape
  • made no attempt
  • attempted to do
  • no attempt to
  • has attempted suicide
  • attempted murder
  • attempted to swim
  • no attempt
  • even attempted
  • never attempted

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
attempt — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto