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Main Entry:	attempt
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	try, effort
Synonyms:	all one's got, attack, bid, crack, dry run, endeavor, exertion, experiment, fling, go, header, lick, one's all, one's darnedest, one's level best, pursuit, shot, stab, striving, struggle, trial, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack*, workout
Antonyms:	certainty, laziness, success

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Main Entry:	attempt
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	try, make effort
Synonyms:	aim, attack, do level best, endeavor, essay, exert oneself, experiment, give a fling, give a whirl, give best shot, give it a go, give it a try, give old college try, go the limit, have a crack, have a go at, make a run at, pursue, push, seek, shoot the works, solicit, strive, tackle, take a stab at, take best shot, take on, try one's hand at, undertake, venture
Antonyms:	be lazy

Main Entry:	aim
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	point or direct at a goal
Synonyms:	address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in

Main Entry:	compete
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	go up against in contest
Synonyms:	attempt, bandy, battle, bid, challenge, clash, collide, contend, contest, emulate, encounter, essay, face, fence, fight, go for, grapple, joust, lock horns, oppose, play, rival, spar, strive, struggle, take on, tilt, try, tussle, vie, wrestle, be in the running, cope with, go after, go for broke, go for the gold, in the hunt, jockey for position, match strength, match wits, participate in, pit oneself against, run for, scramble for, seek prize, take part

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Main Entry:	effort
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	work, exertion
Synonyms:	accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling, force, go, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot, spurt, stab, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug, undertaking, venture, whack*, pains
Antonyms:	hesitation, idleness, laziness, inactivity, passivity

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Main Entry:	exertion
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	hard work
Synonyms:	action, activity, application, attempt, effort, elbow grease*, employment, endeavor, exercise, industry, labor, operation, strain, stretch, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, trouble, use, hard pull, long pull, pains, utilization
Antonyms:	idleness, laziness

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Main Entry:	experiment
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	investigation, test
Synonyms:	agreement, analysis, assay, attempt, check, dissection, dry run, enterprise, essay, examination, exercise, fling, measure, observation, operation, practice, probe, procedure, proof, quiz, rehearsal, research, scrutiny, search, speculation, study, trial, trial and error, trial run, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, verification, R and D, experimentation, research and development, try-on

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Main Entry:	intend
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	have in mind; determine
Synonyms:	aim, appoint, attempt, connote, contemplate, decree, dedicate, denote, design, designate, destine, devote, endeavor, essay, expect, express, import, indicate, mean, meditate, ordain, plan, plot, propose, purpose, reserve, resolve, scheme, signify, spell, strive, think, try, add up, aspire to, be determined, be resolved, figure on, have in mind, hope to, look forward, set apart, set aside

Main Entry:	offer
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	proposal, suggestion
Synonyms:	action, attempt, bid, endeavor, essay, feeler, hit, overture, pass, pitch, presentation, proposition, rendition, submission, tender, propoundment
Antonyms:	refusal, withdrawal, taking

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Main Entry:	strive
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	try for, exert oneself
Synonyms:	aim, assay, attempt, bear down, bend over backward, break one's neck, compete, contend, do one's best, do one's utmost, drive, endeavor, essay, fight, go after, go all out, go for broke, go for the jugular, go the limit, hassle, jockey, knock oneself out, labor, leave no stone unturned, make every effort, moil, offer, push, scramble, seek, shoot for, strain, struggle, sweat, tackle, take on, toil, try hard, tug, work
Antonyms:	forget, skip

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Main Entry:	struggle
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	hard try; fight to win
Synonyms:	attempt, battle, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, effort, encounter, endeavor, essay, exertion, free-for-all, grind, hassle, jam, jump, labor, long haul, roughhouse, row, scramble, skirmish, strife, striving, toil, trial, tussle, undertaking, work, wrangle, pains, set-to*
Antonyms:	giving in

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Main Entry:	surmise
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	guess, conclusion
Synonyms:	assumption, attempt, conjecture, deduction, hunch, hypothesis, idea, inference, notion, opinion, possibility, presumption, speculation, supposition, suspicion, theory, thought, guesstimate, guesswork, sneaking suspicion
Notes:	demise is the time when something ends or death; surmise is a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete or little evidence
Antonyms:	calculation, knowledge, measurement

Main Entry:	take a crack at
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	try
Synonyms:	attempt, do one's best, drive for, give a go, give a whirl, go after, go all out, go for, have a crack, have a go, have a rip, have a shot, have a stab, have a whack, make a pass at, make a stab, make an attempt, make an effort, risk, shoot for, tackle, undertake, vie for

Main Entry:	test
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	examination, quiz
Synonyms:	analysis, approval, assessment, attempt, check, confirmation, countdown, criterion, dry run, elimination, essay, evaluation, experiment, final, fling, go, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lick, oral, ordeal, preliminary, probation, proof, questionnaire, scrutiny, search, shibboleth, standard, substantiation, touchstone, trial, trial and error, trial run, try, tryout, verification, yardstick, blue book, catechism, comp, corroboration, exam, pop quiz, probing

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Main Entry:	venture
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	take a chance
Synonyms:	advance, assay, attempt, bet, brave, challenge, chance, dare, dare say, defy, endanger, essay, experiment, expose, feel, front, gamble, get down, go out on a limb, grope, have a fling at, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay open, make a stab at, make bold, operate, play for, play the market, presume, put in jeopardy, put up, risk, speculate, stake, stick one's neck out, take a crack at, take a flyer, take a plunge, try, try out, volunteer, wager

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Main Entry:	wade
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	plod, often through water
Synonyms:	attack, attempt, bathe, drudge, fall to, go for, initiate, labor, launch, paddle, pitch in, splash, start, stumble, tackle, toil, trek, walk, ford, get feet wet, get stuck in, jump in, light into, set about, set to, tear into, work through

Main Entry:	war
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fight, battle
Synonyms:	attack, attempt, bombard, challenge, clash, combat, contend, contest, differ, disagree, endeavor, kill, meet, murder, oppugn, shell, shoot, strive, struggle, take on, tug, campaign against, engage in combat, go to war, make war, march against, take the field against, take up arms, wage war
Antonyms:	agree, ceasefire, make peace

Main Entry:	chance
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	risk, endanger
Synonyms:	attempt, cast lots, draw lots, gamble, go out on a limb, have a fling at, hazard, jeopardize, play with fire, plunge, put eggs in one basket, put it on the line, roll the dice, run the risk, skate on thin ice, speculate, stake, stick one's neck out, take shot in the dark, tempt fate*, tempt fortune, toss up, try, venture, wager, wildcat
Antonyms:	aim, design, plan, scheme, understand

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Main Entry:	enterprise
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	adventure, undertaking
Synonyms:	action, activity, affair, attempt, baby, bag, bit, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, firm, flier, follow through, game, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outfit, performance, plan, plunge, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work, ballgame, big idea, biggie, pet project
Antonyms:	idleness, inactivity, unemployment

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Main Entry:	shot
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	try, chance
Synonyms:	attempt, break, conjecture, effort, endeavor, fling, go, guess, occasion, opening, opportunity, pop, show, slap, stab, surmise, time, turn, whack, whirl*