THE OLD COLLEGE TRY

Meaning of THE OLD COLLEGE TRY in English

a good effort, trying hard like a college student

Let's give it the old college try, boys. We can win this boat race!

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

THE OLD COLLEGE TRY — a good effort, trying hard like a college student Let's give it the old college try, boys. We can win …
English Idioms vocab
OLD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old …
Английский словарь Британика
COLLEGE — I Institution that offers postsecondary education. The term has various meanings. In Roman law a collegium was a body of …
Английский словарь Британика
TRY — I. ˈtrī verb ( tried ; tried ; trying ; tries ) Etymology: Middle English trien, from Anglo-French trier, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OLD — I. ˈōld, before a consonant often ˈōl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ald, old, from Old English eald, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLLEGE — ˈkälij, -ēj noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin collegium society, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLLEGE — (n.) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, …
Английский словарь Webster
COLLEGE — ( n. ) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD — — oldness , n. /ohld/ , adj., older, oldest or elder, eldest , n. adj. 1. far advanced in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLLEGE — /kol"ij/ , n. 1. an institution of higher learning, esp. one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRY — I. ˈtrī verb ( tried ; try·ing ) Etymology: Middle English trien, from Anglo-French trier to select, sort, examine, determine, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OLD — I. ˈōld; for sense 9 usually ˈōl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLLEGE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin collegium society, from collega colleague — more at colleague …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRY — noun a screen, or sieve, for grain. 2. try ·vt refined; select; excellent; choice. 3. try ·noun act of trying; …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
COLLEGE — noun fig.: a community. 2. college ·noun a building, or number of buildings, used by a college. 3. college ·noun …
Webster English vocab
TRY — [try] vb tried ; try.ing [ME trien, fr. AF trier, fr. OF, to pick out, sift, prob. fr. LL tritare …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD — [old] adj [ME, fr. OE eald; akin to OHG alt old, L alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLLEGE — [col.lege] n, often attrib [ME, fr. MF, fr. L collegium society, fr. collega colleague--more at colleague] (14c) 1: a body …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLLEGE — an institution that offers post-secondary education. The term is used without uniformity of meaning. In Roman law a collegium was …
Britannica English vocabulary
OLD — old BrE AmE əʊld ⇨ɒʊld AmE oʊld ▷ older ˈəʊld ə ⇨ˈɒʊld- AmE ˈoʊld ə r ▷ oldest ˈəʊld ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TRY — / traɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( tries , try·ing , tried , tried ) 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — / əʊld; NAmE oʊld/ adjective ( old·er , old·est ) AGE 1. be ... years, months, etc. ~ of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLLEGE — / ˈkɒlɪdʒ; NAmE ˈkɑːl-/ noun 1. [ C , U ] (often in names) (in Britain) a place where students …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRY — I. try 1 S1 W1 /traɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle tried , present participle trying …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COLLEGE — col ‧ lege S1 W2 /ˈkɒlɪdʒ $ ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRY — v. & n. --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 intr. make an effort with a view to success (often foll. by to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COLLEGE — n. 1 an establishment for further or higher education, sometimes part of a university. 2 an establishment for specialized professional …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TRY — v. & n. v. (-ies, -ied) 1 intr. make an effort with a view to success (often foll. by to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COLLEGE — n. 1 an establishment for further or higher education, sometimes part of a university. 2 an establishment for specialized professional …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TRY — v. & n. --v. (-ies, -ied) 1. intr. make an effort with a view to success (often foll. by to …
Oxford English vocab
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1. a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Oxford English vocab
COLLEGE — n.1 an establishment for further or higher education, sometimes part of a university. 2 an establishment for specialized professional education …
Oxford English vocab
TRY — ( tries, trying, tried) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — ( older, oldest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLLEGE — ( colleges) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A college is an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLLEGE — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is an institution …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TRY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hear/try a case (= listen to the evidence before making a judgment ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TRY — [noun] [C]It's difficult to finish the test in the allotted time, but just have a try and see how much …
Cambridge English vocab
OLD — (FROM THE PAST) [adjective] [before noun] -er, -est - from a period in the past; former (EARLIER)I saw my old …
Cambridge English vocab
COLLEGE — n. Amherst College Bard College Bowdoin College Bryn Mawr College Carleton College Dartmouth College Davidson College Trinity College electoral college …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COLLEGE — n. Institution that offers postsecondary education. The term has various meanings. In Roman law a collegium was a body of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OLD — n. Old Museum of Painting Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old Believers …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TRY — Synonyms and related words : acid test, agonize, aim, annoy, appraise, approach, arbitrate, aspire, assay, attempt, bear hard upon, bid, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COLLEGE — Synonyms and related words : Bund, Rochdale cooperative, academe, academia, alliance, alma mater, assemblage, association, axis, band, bloc, body, caboose, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COLLEGE — Newgate or any other prison. New College: the Royal Exchange. King's College: the King's Bench prison. He has been educated …
Slang English vocab
OLD — n. age old old age old fashioned Old Gooseberry Old Guard old hand old hat old lady old line old …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
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Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COLLEGE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ community , local ▪ private , public ( AmE ), state ( esp. AmE ) ▪ Christian …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TRY — INDEX: try to do something 1. to try to do something 2. to try very hard to do something 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
TRY — See ↑ OPEN 1, ↑ TASTE 9, ↑ TRY 1,8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ do/try your best • ↑ give it …
Longman Activator English vocab
OLD — INDEX: not young 1. not young 2. older than someone else 3. too old to do something 4. to become …
Longman Activator English vocab
TRY — n. 25B6; verb try to help him : ATTEMPT, endeavour, make an effort, exert oneself, strive, do one's best, do …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD — n. 25B6; adjective old people : ELDERLY, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, venerable; in one's dotage, long in the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRY — v. 1 attempt, endeavour, essay, seek, undertake, venture, strive, struggle, make an effort, try (one's) hand at, Colloq have a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OLD — adjective 1 BAD : He is married to a twenty years old American girl. GOOD : He is married to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TRY — 1. сущ. 1) а) попытка; заход, подход to have/make a try at/for smth. ≈ попытаться сделать что-л. Syn : attempt, …
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