essay

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

   “In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.””

2. isim A test, experiment; an assay.
3. isim An attempt.

   “My first essay at getting employment was fruitless; but after no small number of mortifying rebuffs from various parties to whom I applied for assistance, I was at last rewarded by a comparative success.”

4. isim A proposed design for a postage stamp or a banknote.
5. fiil To attempt or try.

   “Shall we essay a walk on the promenade?”

6. fiil To move forth, as into battle.