Topic: EDUCATION
| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | essai, from Late Latin exagium 'act of weighing' |
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es‧say1 S2
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[countable]1SE a short piece of writing about a particular subject by a student as part of a course of study
2AL a short piece of writing giving someone's ideas about politics, society etc
3 formal an attempt to do something
