Synonym: endeavor, make an effort, try. Similar words: caveat emptor, preempt, exempt from, temple, temporal, temporary, temperature, contemplate. Meaning: [ə'tempt] 
n. 1. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something 2. the act of attacking. v. 1. make an effort or attempt 2. enter upon an activity or enterprise.
n. 1. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something 2. the act of attacking. v. 1. make an effort or attempt 2. enter upon an activity or enterprise. 
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31 They spread tales about her in an attempt to devalue her work.
32 Mr Michal passed the driving test at the second attempt.
33 This is the latest attempt to break the logjam in the peace process.
34 We retraced our route in an attempt to get back on the right path.
35 Planes bombed the guerrilla positions yesterday in an attempt to flush out snipers from underground tunnels.
36 He made a rather half-hearted attempt to clear up the rubbish.
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37 The government was defeated in its attempt to pass the law by an opposition ambush.
38 An astronaut will attempt to leave the stationary spaceship and then return to it.
39 They made an ineffective attempt to get the rules changed.
40 Union leaders and company bosses will meet tomorrow in an attempt to reach a settlement .
41 Police officers re-enacted the crime in an attempt to get witnesses to come forward.
42 I am trying to persuade him to give up the attempt.
43 They're introducing CCTV cameras in an attempt to cut street crime in the area.
44 The police frustrated the bandit's attempt to rob the bank.
45 Attempt doesn't necessarily bring success, but giving up definitely leads to failure.
46 He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow.
47 In a last-ditch attempt to save his party from electoral defeat, he resigned from the leadership.
48 The offer is seen as an attempt to improve industrial relations.
49 The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.
50 He made a half-arsed attempt to clean up after the party.
51 It represents a last ditch attempt by the country to extricate itself from its economic crisis.
52 The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment.
53 It's an attempt to control what reaches the public. Big Brother is watching.
54 It tells the story of an aspiring young man's attempt to rise above the squalor of the street.
55 He was shot as he made a misguided attempt to stop the robbers single-handed.
56 Any attempt to discuss the issue of human rights was rejected as an unwarranted interference in the country's internal affairs.
57 It was another attempt to distract attention from the truth.
58 Consult your doctor about how much exercise you should attempt.
59 The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule.
60 He cut desperately at the rope in an attempt to free his foot.
More similar words: caveat emptor, preempt, exempt from, temple, temporal, temporary, temperature, contemplate, tempestuous, contretemps, latter, matter, attend, contemporary, battery, pattern, scatter, no matter, attend to, attendant, shattered, attenuate, a matter of, attention, attendance, pay attention to, as a matter of fact, at that time, prompt, symptom.