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Essay (China) — Essay (chinesisch 散文 sǎnwén) bezeichnet in der chinesischen Literatur ungebundene Literatur im Gegensatz zu anderen Literaturgattungen wie Lyrik oder Lieddichtung. Chinesische Essays sind Prosawerke, die in verschiedenen Stilrichtungen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Essay — Es say, n.; pl. {Essays}. [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf. examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr. exa gion a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
essay — ► NOUN 1) a piece of writing on a particular subject. 2) formal an attempt or effort. ► VERB formal ▪ attempt. DERIVATIVES essayist noun essayistic adjective. ORIGIN Old French essai … English terms dictionary
Essay — An essay is usually a short piece of writing. It is often written from an author s personal point of view. Essays can be literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of… … Wikipedia
essay — es|say1 S2 [ˈeseı] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: essai, from Late Latin exagium act of weighing ] 1.) a short piece of writing about a particular subject by a student as part of a course of study essay on/about ▪ an essay on Bernard… … Dictionary of contemporary English
essay — es|say1 [ e,seı ] noun count ** 1. ) a short piece of writing by a student on a particular subject: essay on/about: We have to write an essay about Romantic poetry. 2. ) a short piece of writing on a particular subject that is published in a book … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
essay — essayer, n. n. /es ay/ for 1, 2; /es ay, e say / for 3 5; v. /e say /, n. 1. a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative. 2. anything resembling such a… … Universalium
essay — [[t]e̱seɪ[/t]] essays, essaying, essayed (The noun is pronounced [[t]e̱seɪ[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]ese͟ɪ[/t]].) 1) N COUNT An essay is a short piece of writing on one particular subject written by a student. We asked Jason to write an… … English dictionary
essay — 1 noun (C) 1 a short piece of writing by a student as part of a course of study (+ on/about): an essay on the causes of the French Revolution 2 a short piece of writing giving someone s ideas about politics, society etc 3 formal an attempt to do… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
essay — [15] Essay and assay [14] are fundamentally the same word, and only began to diverge in the 15th century. Both come via Old French assaier from Vulgar Latin *exagiāre ‘weigh out’, a verb derived from late Latin exagium ‘weighing’; this in turn… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
