n.
Function: noun
1
Synonyms: ATTEMPT , endeavor, hassle, striving, struggle, trial, try, undertaking
Related Words: exertion; labor, toil, travail, work; go, venture
2 a relatively brief discourse written for others' reading or consideration FF1C; an essay on free will FF1E;
Synonyms: article, composition, paper, theme
Related Words: discourse, discussion, explication, exposition, study; piece; tract, treatise; dissertation, thesis