essay
/ˈeseɪ/noun
उच्चारण एसे
निबंध, लेख
Basic wordPYP · asked 3 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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[C] ~ (on sth)
a short piece of writing by a student or a writer on a particular subject
निबंध, लेख
- Write an essay of 250 words on climate change.
- a collection of essays by Gandhiji
- I wrote an essay on the importance of trees.
+ 2 more examples
- The magazine published an essay by a famous poet.
- Students must submit their essays by Friday.
Synonyms composition article paper dissertation treatise
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[C] ~ (at sth/at doing sth) formal
an attempt to do something
प्रयास, कोशिश
- his first essay at writing a novel
- The student's first essay in poetry won applause from his teachers.
- This was his first essay in film-making.
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- Her first essay into politics ended in a narrow defeat.
- The play was a bold essay at comedy.
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[T] ~ sth formal
to try to do something
प्रयास करना
- She essayed a smile.
- Radhika essayed a short speech and, to her surprise, the hall applauded.
- He essayed a few steps on the stage before he stopped.
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- She essayed a joke, but nobody laughed.
- The boy essayed to lift the heavy bag.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
an essay on / about + topic
An essay is a short piece of writing on a subject. After it, on is the usual preposition, and about is used more informally.
Essay किसी विषय पर छोटी रचना है। इसके बाद सामान्यतः on आता है; about अनौपचारिक प्रयोग में आता है।
- Radhika wrote an essay on climate change.
- Our teacher asked for an essay about the festival we like best.
write / do / hand in an essay
Write is the normal verb; hand in or submit is used for giving it to a teacher.
लिखने के लिए write सामान्य क्रिया है; शिक्षक को देने के लिए hand in या submit का प्रयोग होता है।
- You must hand in your essay by Friday.
- She wrote a five-hundred-word essay.
essay (noun) + of + number words
When a length is given, the noun is joined to the number: a 300-word essay, with word in the singular.
जब लंबाई बतानी हो तो संख्या के साथ जोड़कर लिखते हैं: a 300-word essay, जिसमें word singular रहता है।
- The exam includes a 250-word essay.
essay (verb, formal)
A formal and rare verb meaning to try to do something difficult. It takes a to-infinitive or a noun.
यह formal और कम प्रचलित verb है जिसका अर्थ कोई कठिन काम करने का प्रयास करना है; इसके बाद to-infinitive या noun आता है।
- The young climber essayed to cross the glacier alone.
+Collocations 4
verb + essay
writedraftrevisesubmitmark
- The teacher marked fifty essays over the weekend.
adjective + essay
shortargumentativedescriptivewinningwell-structured
- Her argumentative essay won the first prize.
essay + noun
topicquestioncompetitionwritingpaper
- The essay competition was held in the school hall.
type of essay
narrative essaypersuasive essaypersonal essaycritical essay
- A narrative essay tells a story from the writer's life.
“More examples 5
- An essay should have an introduction, a body and a conclusion.
Essay में भूमिका, मुख्य भाग और निष्कर्ष होना चाहिए।
- He chose a topic that suited the essay competition.
उसने ऐसा विषय चुना जो निबंध प्रतियोगिता के अनुकूल था।
- The bank exam has an English essay worth twenty-five marks.
बैंक परीक्षा में पच्चीस अंक का एक अंग्रेज़ी निबंध होता है।
- Her essay on the Constitution was published in the school magazine.
संविधान पर उसका निबंध विद्यालय की पत्रिका में प्रकाशित हुआ।
- Nobody had essayed such a bold experiment before.
इससे पहले किसी ने ऐसा साहसिक प्रयोग करने का प्रयास नहीं किया था।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ Write an essay about on pollution.
✓ Write an essay on pollution.
Use only one preposition after essay.
Essay के बाद केवल एक preposition लगता है।
✗ She wrote a 300-words essay.
✓ She wrote a 300-word essay.
In a compound adjective the noun stays singular.
Compound adjective में noun singular रहता है।
✗ I made an essay on my village.
✓ I wrote an essay on my village.
Essays are written, not made.
Essay लिखा जाता है, बनाया नहीं जाता।
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
es·say
?Which word?
Keep the writing words together: essay (short, on one topic), dissertation and thesis (long, for a degree), treatise (a formal, detailed study), précis (a summary).
लेखन के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: essay (छोटा, एक विषय पर), dissertation और thesis (लंबा, डिग्री के लिए), treatise (औपचारिक, विस्तृत अध्ययन), précis (सार)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Exam: the descriptive paper asks for an essay (introduction, body, conclusion) and a letter.
परीक्षा में descriptive paper में essay (introduction, body, conclusion) और letter पूछा जाता है।
Francis Bacon is called the father of the English essay.
Francis Bacon को अंग्रेज़ी निबंध का जनक कहा जाता है।