Attempt Attempted əˈtempt I Attempting Verb Bre Answer

• i will attempt to answer all your questions.
• do not attempt to repair this yourself.
• the prisoners attempted an escape, but failed.
• a group of junior army officers attempted a coup in march 1988.

attempt

1. to make an effort or try to do something, especially something difficult
• I will attempt to answer all your questions.
• Do not attempt to repair this yourself.
• The prisoners attempted an escape, but failed.

Extra Examples

• A group of junior army officers attempted a coup in March 1988.
• Don’t attempt to argue with him.
• In attempting to avoid the obvious pitfalls, many students make other silly mistakes.
• More than once, depression drove him to attempt suicide.
• The coastguard had advised them not to attempt a rescue.
• The patient may attempt to dismiss or deny the problem.
• The prisoner was shot while attempting to escape.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they attempt
• he / she / it attempts
• past simple attempted
• past participle attempted
• -ing form attempting

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French attempter, from Latin attemptare, from ad- ‘to’ + temptare ‘to tempt’.