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пыта́ться — meaning in English

pytatsya

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English meaning

  • assay noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
  • attempt verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
  • endeavor noun A serious, determined attempt to achieve something.
  • retch verb To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
  • try verb To make an attempt at doing something.

Senses

пыта́ться is used for these senses in English:

  • assay (archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something). [14th–19th c.]
  • attempt (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
  • endeavor (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]
  • have a go (intransitive, informal, UK, Australia) To make an attempt; to try.
  • try To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.

assay — full definition

  1. noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
  2. verb To carry out such a test on a substance, especially an ore or metal.

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.

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