yrittää — meaning in English

English meaning

• attempt verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
• endeavor noun A serious, determined attempt to achieve something.
• strive verb To make a great and sustained effort to achieve something.
• try verb To make an attempt at doing something.

Senses

yrittää is used for these senses in English:

• attempt (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
• come on to (transitive, informal) To make a romantic or sexual advance to.
• endeavor (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]
• have a crack at To attempt (something); to try to do (something).
• strive To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
• try To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
• try To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.

attempt — full definition

1. verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
2. noun An effort to do something, especially one that may fail.

endeavor — full definition

1. noun A serious, determined attempt to achieve something.
2. verb To try hard to do something.

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