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In natural English speech, "essay" appears in contexts such as: "and got it slightly wrong, I'm sorry-- which was that I learned about Ada because my daughter, who was applying to college, decided to do her entrance essay on Ada Lovelace. And I said, who's Ada?". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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IPA/ˈɛs.eɪ/

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and got it slightly wrong, I'm sorry-- which was that I learned about Ada because my daughter, who was applying to college, decided to do her entrance

essay on Ada Lovelace.

And I said, who's Ada?

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noun

A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

“In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.””

noun

A test, experiment; an assay.

verb

To attempt or try.

“Shall we essay a walk on the promenade?”

verb

To move forth, as into battle.

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