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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211 She underwent a heart transplant in a last-ditch attempt to save her.
212 The government are to step up their attempt to wage war against/on drugs.
213 This is the third attempt on the President's life this year.
214 Until this week, every attempt to tighten up the law had failed.
215 He ran towards the barrier in an attempt to break through.
216 Both women were unwelcoming, making little attempt to put Kathryn at her ease.
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217 The patient suffered a cardiac arrest and died, despite an attempt at resuscitation.
218 In this new world of greyness there is an attempt to remove all risks.
219 The study is an attempt to get a better idea of why people live where they do.
220 The reporting in the papers is entirely partial and makes no attempt to be objective.
221 He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.
222 The new laws are seen as an attempt to gag the press.
223 In an attempt to give new momentum to their plans, the committee set a date for starting detailed discussions.
224 Hitherto he had experienced no great success in his attempt.
225 She had made an inexpert attempt to repair the car.
226 He failed in his attempt to avoid having to pay.
227 In a misguided attempt to be funny, he manages only offensiveness.
228 The government has called new talks in an attempt to break the deadlock over the issue of redundancy money.
229 He is making a bold attempt to bolster the territory's confidence.
230 Both men were unwelcoming, making little attempt to put Kathryn or her companions at their ease.
231 Scientists think they have broken through in their attempt to find the causes of many major diseases.
232 My attempt to fix it sent Lawrence into fits of laughter.
233 This will be my second attempt to make flaky pastry.
234 The new censorship laws are an attempt to gag the press.
235 Jon just fenced with his criticism and made no real attempt to answer it.
236 He caught her arm in a subconscious attempt to detain her.
237 She buried herself in her work in an attempt to forget.
238 They moved southwest in an attempt to find better land.
239 Writing grew out of an attempt to reproduce speech in a permanent form.
240 He was foiled in his attempt to deceive us / His attempt to deceive us was foiled.
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.