Essay ˈeseɪ I Write World Late Noun Weekend

• i have to write an essay this weekend.
• an essay on the causes of the first world war
• have you done your essay about napoleon yet?
• he made some very good points in his essay.

essay

1. a short piece of writing by a student as part of a course of study
• I have to write an essay this weekend.
• an essay on the causes of the First World War
• Have you done your essay about Napoleon yet?
• He made some very good points in his essay.

Extra Examples

• Essays handed in late will not be accepted.
• Have you done your essay yet?
• He concludes the essay by calling for a corrective.
• I finished my essay about 10 o'clock last night!
• Lunch was the only time she could finish her essay assignment.
• We have to write an essay on the environment.
• You have to answer 3 out of 8 essay questions in the exam.
• the teenage winner of an essay contest
• We have to write an essay on the causes of the First World War.
2. a short piece of writing on a particular subject, written in order to be published
• a collection of essays by prominent African American writers
• The book contains a number of interesting essays on women in society.
• Pierce contributes a long essay about John F. Kennedy.
• I discuss this in a forthcoming essay.

Extra Examples

• A version of this essay was presented at the Astronomical Society.
• In 2001 she published a collection of essays.
• The essays explore Einstein's personal development.
• the fifteen essays collected in this volume
• ‘An Essay on the Principle of Population’ by Thomas Malthus
• an essay entitled ‘Memory’
• This essay provides a comprehensive overview of the subject.
3. an attempt to do something
• His first essay in politics was a complete disaster.

Word Origin

• late 15th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘test the quality of’): alteration of assay, by association with Old French essayer, based on late Latin exagium ‘weighing’, from the base of exigere ‘ascertain, weigh’; the noun (late 16th cent.) is from Old French essai ‘trial’.