ESSAY


Meaning of ESSAY in English

noun

… OF ESSAYS

▪ anthology , collection , selection , series , set , volume

In 2001 she published a collection of ~s.

VERB + ESSAY

▪ do , write

Have you done your ~ yet?

▪ finish

I finished my ~ about 10 o'clock last night!

▪ conclude

He concludes the ~ by calling for a corrective.

▪ publish

▪ hand in , turn in ( esp. AmE )

Essays handed in late will not be accepted.

▪ contribute , submit

▪ present

A version of this ~ was presented at the Astronomical Society.

▪ read

▪ collect

The fifteen ~s collected in this volume.

ESSAY + VERB

▪ be entitled sth , be titled sth ( esp. AmE )

an ~ entitled ‘Memory’

▪ address sth , discuss sth , examine sth , explore sth

The ~s explore Einstein's personal development.

▪ provide sth

This ~ provides a comprehensive overview of the subject.

▪ argue sth , suggest sth

ESSAY + NOUN

▪ question , title , topic

You have to answer three out of eight ~ questions in the exam.

▪ assignment

Lunch was the only time she could finish her ~ assignment.

▪ competition ( esp. BrE ), contest ( AmE )

the teenage winner of an ~ contest

▪ collection ( esp. AmE )

PREPOSITION

▪ in an/the ~

He made some very good points in his ~.

▪ ~ about , ~ on

We have to write an ~ on the environment.

▪ ~ by

an ~ by Montaigne

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .