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
- noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
- verb To carry out such a test on a substance, especially an ore or metal.
attempt — full definition
- verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
- noun An effort to do something, especially one that may fail.