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attempt

/əˈtɛm(p)t/

US pronunciation

American sound/əˈtɛm(p)t/

əˈtɛmpt

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ə - ˈtɛmpt -> attempt

Myanmar meaning

(v) ကြိုးပမ်းသည်။ ကြံစည်အားထုတ်သည်။ (n) ကြိုးပမ်းမှု။ ကြံစည် အားထုတ်မှု။

Full entry

attempt /ǝ'tempt/ v

ကြိုးပမ်းသည်။ ကြံစည်အားထုတ်သည်။ The prisoners attempted an escape, but failed. ❍ All candidates must attempt Questions 1-5. ❍ He admitted attempting to smuggle cannabis.
n
၁။ ~ (to do sth/ at doing sth) ကြိုးပမ်းမှု။ ကြံစည် အားထုတ်မှု။ a rescue/ a coup/ an assassination attempt ❍ desperate/ vain/ abortive attempts ❍ They made no attempt to escape. ❍ My early attempts at learning to drive were unsuccessful. ❍ Farmers are certain to resist any attempt to reduce subsidies.
၂။ ~ (at sth) ရှေးဦး စမ်းသပ်လုပ်ကိုင်သော လက်ရာ။ My first attempt at a chocolate cake tasted horrible.
၃။ ~ (on sth) စံချိန် ချိုးရန် ကြိုးပမ်းအားထုတ်မှု။ the latest attempt on the world land speed record.
၄။ ~ on sth လုပ်ကြံရန် ကြိုးပမ်းခြင်း။ အသက်ကို ကြံစည်ခြင်း။ They have made an attempt on her life.
❏ attempted adj အထမမြောက်သော (ကြံစည်မှု)။ an attempted cover-up ❍ The police have charged the man with attempted murder/rape.

More examples

One last desperate attempt
The government has made no attempt to avert the crisis.
[attempt on] : An attempt on the world record
[attempt at] : It’s his fourth attempt at flying a balloon around the world solo.
[an attempt to do something] : Their spokesperson has rejected all our attempts to talk to him.
A burglary/robbery/escape/kidnap attempt
An assassination/murder/suicide attempt
[an attempt on someone’s life] : An unsuccessful attempt on the President’s life

Synonyms

effort, try, go, shot, challenge, endeavor, stab, crack, aim, all one's got, attack, bid, do level best, dry run, essay, exert oneself, exertion, experiment, fling, give a fling, give a whirl, give best shot, give it a go, give it a try, give old college try, go the limit, have a crack, have a go, have a go at, have a shot, have a stab, header, lick, make a run at, make an attempt, make an effort, make effort, one's all, one's darnedest, one's level best, pursue, pursuit, push, seek, shoot the works, solicit, strive, striving, struggle, tackle, take a stab at, take best shot, take on, trial, try one's hand at, tryout, undertake, undertaking, venture, whack, workout

Antonyms

be idle, be lazy, certainty, fail, forget, laziness, neglect, retreat, success, surrender

Cross references

effort try go shot challenge endeavor stab crack aim all one's got attack bid do level best dry run essay exert oneself exertion experiment fling give a fling give a whirl give best shot give it a go give it a try give old college try go the limit have a crack have a go

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