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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121 That was not bad for a first attempt.
122 His attempt to deceive us was foiled.
123 This is an attempt to confuse form and substance.
124 The rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather.
125 The Government is making no attempt to attack unemployment.
126 This was a deliberate attempt to sabotage the ceasefire.
127 Caroline made a faint attempt at a laugh.
128 He made a feeble attempt at a smile.
129 All candidates must attempt Questions 1-5.
130 He made a weak attempt to look cheerful.
131 An attempt was made on the Pope's life.
132 I was forced to attempt a gallop.
133 David made a clumsy attempt to comfort us.
134 I rather foozled my first attempt at acting.
135 It was a desperate attempt to salvage the situation.
136 He exhausted himself in the attempt.
137 We had to abandon any further attempt at negotiation.
138 The film makes no attempt to be historically accurate.
139 I should describe the attempt as a failure.
140 They met in a last-ditch attempt to resolve their differences.
141 That the attempt to save her had failed soon became widely known.
142 His suicide attempt was the first intimation that he was seriously depressed.
143 Some radicals may oppose him in protest at the attempt of his supporters to stage-manage the congress.
144 She clung to the edge in a desperate attempt to save herself.
145 His enemies will attempt to rub his nose in past policy statements.
146 The police barred the exits in an attempt to prevent the terrorist's escape.
147 The company has made a valiant effort/attempt in the last two years to make itself more efficient.
148 They had to abandon their attempt to climb the mountain.
149 The prime minister's speech will attempt to heal divisions within his party.
150 His attempt to psych out the other competition seemed to work.
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.