attempt

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To try.
2. (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
3. (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
4. (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
5. To make a substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).

Noun

1. The action of trying at something.
2. An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
3. A substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).
4. An act of trying to commit suicide

Concepts

essayer

tenter

essai

tentative

attentat

👊

effort

tâcher

entreprendre

peiner

peine

tester

mettre à l’épreuve

requête

se démener

éprouver

chercher

efforcer

démarche

épreuve

attenter

expérience scientifique

faire un essai

intenter

s’efforcer

se proposer de

tenter de

attentons

essayons

s’{{t+|fr|efforcer}}

se dévouer à quelque chose

s' enforcer

assumer

attaque

👊

combattre

combiner

comploter

concevoir

entreprise

envisager

imaginer

mystifier

planifier

poursuivre

préparer

projeter de

s’efforcer de

tentation

tromper

vanter

Synonymes

try

endeavour

effort

endeavor

test

strive

essay

exertion

seek

🔍

trial

assay

undertake

make an effort

plan

struggle

experiment

endeavor

endeavour

bid

make an attempt

intend

go

tempt

attack

👊

enterprise

taste

set about

exert

working

scheme

combat

scuffle

skirmish

prove

plot

brush

try on

undertaking

conflict

look for

battle

trouble

scrimmage

fight

design

stab

assault

advance

check

assassination

Traductions

Versuch

tentativo

poging

versuchen

intentar

tentare

proberen

intento

tentativa

probar

provare

tentativa

probieren

προσπάθεια

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈtɛmpt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: attempten

In summary

Late 14th century, as Middle English attempten, from Old French atempter, from Latin attemptō (“I try, solicit”), from ad (“to”) + temptare, more correctly tentare (“to try”); see tempt.
The noun is from the 1530s, the sense "an assault on somebody's life, assassination attempt" (French attentat) is from 1580.

Phrases

The attempt failed and the men retired to the Malone homestead .

La tentative a échoué et les hommes se sont retirés de la propriété malone.

Just drop a module into your MacroSystem directory , turn your microphone off and on , and it will attempt to load it .

Déposez simplement un module dans le répertoire de votre macrosystème, éteignez votre microphone et en activant, et il tentera de le charger.