COLLEGE TRY

Meaning of COLLEGE TRY in English

Informal. maximum effort for success on behalf of one's group, team, alma mater, etc. (usually prec. by the phrase the old ): We may not make the deadline, but we'll give it the old college try.

[ 1950-55 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

COLLEGE TRY — noun Etymology: from the phrase “give it the old ~” Date: 1927 a zealous all-out effort
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COLLEGE TRY — noun : a zealous all-out uninhibited effort for complete success without expedient compromise an outfielder making the old college try …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLLEGE TRY — Etymology: from the phrase “give it the old college try ” Date: 1927 : a zealous all-out effort
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLLEGE TRY — Function: noun Etymology: from the phrase “ give it the old college try ” Date: 1927 : a zealous all-out …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COLLEGE TRY — [college try] n [fr. the phrase "give it the old college try"] (1947): a zealous all-out effort
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLLEGE TRY — (американизм) (разговорное) чрезвычайные усилия - to give smth. the * из кожи лезть, делать все возможное и невозможное (для достижения …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLLEGE TRY — амер. разг. чрезвычайные усилия to give smth. the college try - из кожи лезть, делать всё возможное и невозможное ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COLLEGE TRY — чрезвычайные совместные усилия ( какой-л. группы людей )
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COLLEGE TRY — амер. разг. чрезвычайные усилия to give smth. the ~ - ≅ из кожи лезть, делать всё возможное и невозможное ( …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
COLLEGE TRY — амер. разг. чрезвычайные усилия to give smth. the college try - из кожи лезть, делать всё возможное и невозможное ( …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COLLEGE TRY — амер. ; разг. чрезвычайные совместные усилия ( какой-л. группы людей )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COLLEGE TRY — амер.; разг. чрезвычайные совместные усилия (какой-л. группы людей)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
COLLEGE TRY — чрезвычайные совместные усилия (какой-л. группы людей)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
COLLEGE TRY — (американизм) (разговорное) чрезвычайные усилия - to give smth. the * из кожи лезть, делать все возможное и невозможное (для достижения …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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
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
TRY
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
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
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
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
TRY — / traɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( tries , try·ing , tried , tried ) 1. to …
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
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
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
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
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
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
COLLEGE
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
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
TRY — Synonyms and related words : acid test, agonize, aim, annoy, appraise, approach, arbitrate, aspire, assay, attempt, bear hard upon, bid, …
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
TRY
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
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
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
TRY — 1. сущ. 1) а) попытка; заход, подход to have/make a try at/for smth. ≈ попытаться сделать что-л. Syn : attempt, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLLEGE — сущ. 1) корпорация, коллегия College of Physicians ≈ корпорация врачей electoral college ≈ коллегия выборщиков Syn : guild, fellowship, association …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TRY — try.ogg 1. traı n 1. разг. попытка to have /to make/ a try at /for, to do/ smth. - попытаться …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COLLEGE — college.ogg ʹkɒlıdʒ n 1. 1> университетский колледж ( в Великобритании ) he is a college man - он получил образование …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TRY — 1) испробовать 2) испытание 3) попытка 4) пытаться 5) стараться • try solution of equation — искать решение уравнения - try back - try for
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TRY — пробовать, испытывать (тж. try out); подвергать испытанию; проверять на опыте пытаться, стараться; расследовать (дело), судить утомлять; удручать; раздражать, мучить очищать …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TRY — 1. traı n 1. разг. попытка to have /to make/ a try at /for, to do/ smth. - попытаться сделать …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COLLEGE — n 1. 1> университетский колледж ( в Великобритании ) he is a college man - он получил образование в колледже; …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TRY — 1. сущ. 1) а) попытка; заход, подход to have / make a try at / for smth. — попытаться сделать …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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