attempt

Etymology
Late 14th century, as, from , from , from + , more correctly ; see. The noun is from the 1530s, the sense "an assault on somebody's life, assassination attempt" (French attentat) is from 1580.

Verb

 * 1) To try.
 * 2)  To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
 * 3)  To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
 * 4)  To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
 * 1)  To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
 * 2)  To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
 * 3)  To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
 * 1)  To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
 * 2)  To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
 * 1)  To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
 * 2)  To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
 * 1)  To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
 * 1)  To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.

Usage notes

 * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * American Sign Language: A@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross-A@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross A@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-A@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: cəhd etmək,
 * Basque: saiatu
 * Belarusian: спрабава́ць, спрабава́ць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: temptar (de), assajar (de), provar (de)
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏁᏟᏗᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Crimean Tatar: ıntılmaq, tırışmaq
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: provi
 * Estonian:, üritama,
 * Faroese: royna
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: tentâ
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ცდა
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: πειράομαι
 * Hebrew: ניסה
 * Hindi: कोशिश करना
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:, , , ,
 * Irish: ionsaigh
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:, , , , ,
 * Lao: ທົດສອບ, ພະຍາຍາມ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: mēģināt
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: versöken
 * Malagasy: ,
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maori: whakamātau, tarai
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian: forsøke,
 * Nynorsk: freista
 * Occitan: temptar (de), assajar (de), ensajar (de), provar (de)
 * Old English: onġinnan
 * Old Norse: freista
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Scots: ettle
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuch
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: pokúšať sa, pokúsiť sa
 * Slovene: poskušati, poskusiti
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: spytać
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: про́бувати, намага́тися
 * Urdu: کوشش کرنا
 * Venetian: tantar
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:

Noun

 * 1) The action of trying at something.
 * 2) An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
 * 3) * 1584, Allen’s Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh Review 1883, page 378:
 * No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm.
 * 1) An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
 * 2) * 1584, Allen’s Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh Review 1883, page 378:
 * No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm.
 * 1) * 1584, Allen’s Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh Review 1883, page 378:
 * No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm.

Usage notes

 * Adjectives often applied to "attempt": first, failed, desperate, last, half-hearted, unsuccessful, serious, successful, feeble, new, honest, vain, sincere, ambitious, earnest, clumsy, direct, hard, brilliant, official, useless, clever, sophisticated, amateurish.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:, probeerslag
 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language: A@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross-A@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross A@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-A@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown
 * Arabic: مُحَاوَلَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: saio
 * Belarusian: спро́ба
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: temptativa,, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 嘗試
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: forsøg
 * Dutch:,  making something
 * Esperanto: provo
 * Estonian: katse
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: tentativa, tento, intento
 * Georgian: ცდა
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: δοκιμή
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Irish: ionsaí,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kriol: shat
 * Latin: conatus, temptāmen, temptāmentum
 * Latvian: mēģinājums
 * Lithuanian: bandymas
 * Macedonian: обид
 * Malay: percubaan
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maori: whakamātaunga, nganatanga
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: temptativa,, ,
 * Persian:
 * Dari:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: feuchainn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по̏куша̄ј
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: pokus
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , , conato
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: спро́ба
 * Urdu: کوشِش
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: مُحَاوَلَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: sui-qəsd
 * Belarusian: зама́х
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 未遂
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: tapmiskatse, kallaletung
 * Finnish: murhayritys, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: atentado
 * Georgian: თავდასხმა,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: uzbrukums
 * Lithuanian: pasikėsinimas
 * Macedonian: атента́т
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, angrep
 * Nynorsk: attentat
 * Ottoman Turkish: سؤقصد
 * Persian:
 * Dari:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: атѐнта̄т
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: atentát
 * Slovene: atentat
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: за́мах