Meaning of attempt in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The action of trying at something.

  Example: It was worth the attempt.

• An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.

  Example: 1584 No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm. (Allen's Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh review 1883, p. 378)

verb

• To try.

  Example: A group of 80 budding mountaineers attempted Kilimanjaro, but 30 of them didn't make it to the top.

• To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.

• To try to win, subdue, or overcome.

  Example: one who attempts the virtue of a woman

• To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.

  Example: to attempt the enemy's camp