an effort to achieve or complete a difficult task or action: [with infinitive]:an attempt to halt the bombings
an effort to surpass a record or conquer a mountain:an attempt on the unclimbed north-east ridge
a bid to kill someone:Karakozov made an attempt on the Tsar’s life
a thing produced as a result of trying to make or achieve something:she picked her first attempt at a letter out of the wastebasket
ზმნა
Universal
make an effort to achieve or complete (something difficult):she attempted a comeback in 2001 [with infinitive]:troops shot civilians who attempted to flee
try to climb to the top of (a mountain):the expedition was the first to attempt Everest
archaic try to take (a life):he would not have attempted the life of a friend
