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A short piece of writing on some subject, giving the writer's personal ideas.

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: A short piece of writing on some subject, giving the writer's personal ideas. Used as a verb, listen here, it means: to attempt to do something.

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  • Her homework was to write an essay about her summer vacation.
  • Noun : a picture essay
  • The title essay is the showstopper of the collection.
  • In the title essay, she frames the rest by informing us that
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  • An "assay" (examination of characteristics) following a blood test can help diagnose a disease, but can't help you with the "essay" (analytic or interpretive written composition) portion of your English test!
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