Word Meaning

essay definition and meaning

n. An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.
n. A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.
n. An assay. See Assay, n.
n. To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.
n. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.

Crossword clues for essay

- Attempt; composition
- Composition
- Magazine piece
- Piece of writing
- Points, say, to paper
- Prose composition
- Short literary composition
- Short prose piece
- Student’s composition
- Thesis returned in amongst history assessments
- Treatise
- Written composition
- Written work