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noun [ C ] UK uk /ˈes.eɪ/ us /ˈes.eɪ/ (US paper) Add to word list Add to word list B1 a short piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one done by students as part of the work for a course redacción, trabajo, ensayo For homework I want you to write an essay on endangered species. Como deberes quiero que escribáis una redacción sobre las especies en peligro de extinción. Mr Jones thought my history essay was terrific.

• I want to finish off this essay before I go to bed.
• His essay was full of spelling errors.
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• Have you handed in your history essay yet?
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essay

verb [ T ]   old-fashioned uk /eˈseɪ/ us /eˈseɪ/ to try to do something probar The procedure was first essayed in 1923. El procedimiento se probó por primera vez en 1923.

(Translation of essay from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of essay | GLOBAL English–Spanish Dictionary

essay noun [ countable ] /ˈɛseɪɛˈseɪ/ a piece of intellectual writing to be published ensayo [ masculine ] Mark Twain’s essay on Benjamin Franklin El ensayo de Mark Twain sobre Benjamin Franklin a paper written by a student redacción [ feminine ] ensayo [ masculine ] a 750-word essay una redacción de 750 palabras

(Translation of essay from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of essay

essay The collected essays have precious little in common. From the Cambridge English Corpus In some cases the essays are too short for the proper development of the argument. From the Cambridge English Corpus The essays vary greatly in length and character. From the Cambridge English Corpus Physical science in the modern sense is more or less absent, but metaphysical essays touching upon the subject were entirely typical. From the Cambridge English Corpus Not all the sources mentioned in the essays are included, and the separate sections on literature and literary criticism seem inappropriate and disconnected. From the Cambridge English Corpus No collection of essays about nineteenth-century food and drink could be complete without a mention of infantile eating. From the Cambridge English Corpus Research is being conducted on the feasibility and validity of using automated scoring of the essays. From the Cambridge English Corpus As a collection of essays there are two main challenges: to integrate the pieces into a coherent whole and to bring them up to date. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. B1

Translations of essay

in Chinese (Traditional) （尤指學生寫的作爲課程作業的）短文, 論說文, 小品文，散文… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （尤指学生写的作为课程作业的）短文, 论说文, 小品文，散文… See more in Portuguese redação, ensaio, trabalho escrito… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian एखाद्या विशिष्ट विषयावरील संक्षिप्त लेखन, विशेषत: एखाद्या अभ्यासक्रमाच्या कामाचा भाग म्हणून विद्यार्थ्यांनी केलेले लेखन… See more 小論文, エッセー, レポート… See more deneme, kompozisyon, fikre dayalı yazı… See more essai [masculine], rédaction [feminine], dissertation… See more redacció, treball… See more opstel… See more ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட பாடத்தில் எழுதும் ஒரு குறுகிய பகுதி, குறிப்பாக ஒரு பாடத்திற்கான வேலையின் ஒரு பகுதியாக மாணவர்களால் செய்யப்படுகிறது… See more निबंध, किसी विषय पर छात्रों द्वारा लिखा गया एक लेख… See more નિબંધ… See more essay, skriftlig opgave, stil… See more essä, uppsats… See more esei… See more der Aufsatz… See more essay [neuter], artikkel [masculine], stil [masculine]… See more مضمون… See more есе, твір… See more వ్యాసం, ఒక నిర్దిష్ట సబ్జెక్ట్‌పై ఒక చిన్న రచన, ముఖ్యంగా కోర్సు కోసం పనిలో భాగంగా విద్యార్థులు చేసినది… See more প্রবন্ধ… See more písemná práce, test… See more karangan, esai… See more เรียงความ… See more bài tiểu luận… See more wypracowanie, esej… See more 에세이… See more tema, saggio, composizione… See more Need a translator?

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