essay 
es·say (e sā′; for n.1 usually, & for n.2 always, es′ā)
transitive verb
- to test the nature or quality of; try out
- to try; attempt
Etymology: OFr essayer < VL *exagiare < LL exagium, a weight, weighing < ex-, out of + agere, to do: see act
noun
- a trying or testing
- an attempt; trial
- a short literary composition of an analytical, interpretive, or reflective kind, dealing with its subject in a nontechnical, limited, often unsystematic way and, usually, expressive of the author's outlook and personality
- a proposed design for a new postage stamp or piece of paper money
Etymology: OFr essai < LL exagium
Converse of object
- write: In 1929 she wrote an essay, " The spirit of Lenin " .
- submit: They will also be required to submit three essays during the course.
- assess: Assessment One assessed essay of 3,000 words, worth 100 % of the total course mark.
- entitle: Leo Tolstoy In the same year, 1896, Leo Tolstoy, the famous novelist, wrote an essay entitled ' What is art?
Preposition: on
- topic: You will also investigate and write a supervised extended essay on a topic of your choice within the scope of the program.
Converse of subject
- assess: The Diploma is assessed by three essays of 3,000 words each.
Adjective modifier
- extended: Candidates write an extended essay in each of two special optional subjects.
- introductory: The site also offers a number of introductory essays on approaches to ethics.
- term-time: Assessment B1 and B2 are assessed through term-time essays, oral presentations, and examinations.
- 4,000-word: Both these modules are examined by a 4,000-word essay.
- biographical: In addition to images, maps, and diary excerpts, you'll find biographical essays about the intrepid travelers.
- non-assessed: Brief description of teaching and learning methods: Taught entirely through seminars, plus tutorial feedback on non-assessed coursework essay.
Modifies a noun
- writing: The formal style required for academic essay writing is usually a lot easier to master than casual conversation.
- assignment: Each taught module is normally taught through seminars, underpinned by reading and essay assignments.
Noun used with modifier
- coursework: The coursework essay counts for 50 % of your final mark.
- introductory: Click here to see images of all pages of the book Introductory essay See below for synopses.
- word-processing: IT skills are also developed through word-processing essays and dissertations.
- word: Assessment: one 1000-1500 word essay in Spanish each semester.
- catalog: Garden of the Senses, catalog essay, Trouble in Paradise, by Stuart Morgan, 1995.
Preposition: in
- commemoration: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge: historical essays in commemoration of the quatercentenary.
Meanwhile, you will write an essay on'self-indulgence'. There will be a prize of half a crown for the longest essay, irrespective of any possible merit.
A good essay must have this permanent qualityabout it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out.
Of seeming arms to make a short essay, Then hasten to be drunk, the business of the day.
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