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# attempt

verb (attempt, attempts, attempted, attempting); noun (an attempt, attempts)

«attempt» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To try to do something, especially something difficult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#m1)
2. (noun) An act of trying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#m2)
3. (noun) A try to do something in a sport or a record (a world record attempt). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#m3)
4. «An attempt on someone's life»: trying to kill someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#m4)

### In the lessons

In exams, «attempt all questions» means try every question. In sport and maths, number of attempts versus successes (scored 6 goals in 10 attempts). In stories, characters attempt brave things. Phrases: «make an attempt», «at the first attempt», «attempt to», «in an attempt to».

### Examples

- Attempt all the questions on the paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#x1)
- She passed her swimming test at the first attempt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#x2)
- He scored 7 goals from 10 attempts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#x3)
- The climbers attempted to reach the top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#x4)
- In an attempt to win, she ran faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#x5)
- My first attempt at a cake was a disaster! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#x6)
- They made a world record attempt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#x7)
- Do not attempt too much at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/#x8)

### Note

Formal for «try». «Attempt to do» or «attempt + noun». In maths: success rate = successes ÷ attempts (7 out of 10 attempts = 70%); failed attempts = attempts − successes.

## In Jewish tradition

In exams, «attempt all questions» means try every question. In sport and maths, number of attempts versus successes (scored 6 goals in 10 attempts). In stories, characters attempt brave things. Phrases: «make an attempt», «at the first attempt», «attempt to», «in an attempt to».

### Examples

- But every attempt to unfold this mystery has hitherto been unsuccessful". (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attempt/#x1)

### Note

Formal for «try». «Attempt to do» or «attempt + noun». In maths: success rate = successes ÷ attempts (7 out of 10 attempts = 70%); failed attempts = attempts − successes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «attempt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«attempt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/attempt.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «attempt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attempt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«attempt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/attempt.html) on Mova free.