essay

«essay» in Mova's school dictionary: a short piece of writing on one subject, written by a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an essay, essays); verb (essay — formal, rare: to try)

meaning for a pupil

1) An essay is a short piece of writing on one subject, written by a pupil or a writer. tree →

2) (formal, rare) An essay is an attempt or try: «his first essay into painting». tree →

sense in the lessons

In English and history lessons pupils write essays with an introduction, paragraphs and a conclusion; exams often ask for an essay. Phrases: «write an essay», «an essay on», «essay question».

examples

• Write an essay about your summer holiday. tree →
• My history essay is due on Friday. tree →
• The essay has three paragraphs. tree →
• Each essay must be at least 300 words; you have 180 — how many more? tree →
• She got top marks for her essay. tree →
• The exam has one essay question. tree →
• Having made their essay they grew careless. tree →

note

Countable; «an essay». Write «an essay on/about something». Do not confuse with «assay» (testing metal).

In the corpora

• Connor hands in an essay about "the breathtaking vistas of the Mediterranean".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «essay» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.