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attempt: the agent attempts to complete the action specified by the predicate. Note: this has a sense of incompleteness, and I have seen authors call this "Incomplete" and gloss the examples with 'try'.
Conjugation attempt conjugation
How do you conjugate attempt?
attempt · verb
Present I attempt
Positive I attempt
Singular
1st person I attempt
2nd person you attempt
3rd person he/she/it attempts
Plural
1st person we attempt
2nd person you attempt
3rd person they attempt
Negative I don't attempt
Singular
1st person I don't attempt I do not attempt
2nd person you don't attempt you do not attempt
3rd person he/she/it doesn't attempt he/she/it does not attempt
Plural
1st person we don't attempt we do not attempt
2nd person you don't attempt you do not attempt
3rd person they don't attempt they do not attempt
Question do I attempt?
Singular
1st person do I attempt?
2nd person do you attempt?
3rd person does he/she/it attempt?
Plural
1st person do we attempt?
2nd person do you attempt?
3rd person do they attempt?
Negative question don't I attempt?
Singular
1st person don't I attempt? do I not attempt?
2nd person don't you attempt? do you not attempt?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it attempt? does he/she/it not attempt?
Plural
1st person don't we attempt? do we not attempt?
2nd person don't you attempt? do you not attempt?
3rd person don't they attempt? do they not attempt?
Past I attempted
Positive I attempted
Singular
1st person I attempted
2nd person you attempted
3rd person he/she/it attempted
Plural
1st person we attempted
2nd person you attempted
3rd person they attempted
Negative I didn't attempt
Singular
1st person I didn't attempt I did not attempt
2nd person you didn't attempt you did not attempt
3rd person he/she/it didn't attempt he/she/it did not attempt
Plural
1st person we didn't attempt we did not attempt
2nd person you didn't attempt you did not attempt
3rd person they didn't attempt they did not attempt
Question did I attempt?
Singular
1st person did I attempt?
2nd person did you attempt?
3rd person did he/she/it attempt?
Plural
1st person did we attempt?
2nd person did you attempt?
3rd person did they attempt?
Negative question didn't I attempt?
Singular
1st person didn't I attempt? did I not attempt?
2nd person didn't you attempt? did you not attempt?
3rd person didn't he/she/it attempt? did he/she/it not attempt?
Plural
1st person didn't we attempt? did we not attempt?
2nd person didn't you attempt? did you not attempt?
3rd person didn't they attempt? did they not attempt?
Future I'll attempt
Positive I'll attempt
Singular
1st person I'll attempt I will attempt
2nd person you'll attempt you will attempt
3rd person he/she/it'll attempt he/she/it will attempt
Plural
1st person we'll attempt we will attempt
2nd person you'll attempt you will attempt
3rd person they'll attempt they will attempt
Negative I won't attempt
Singular
1st person I won't attempt I will not attempt
2nd person you won't attempt you will not attempt
3rd person he/she/it won't attempt he/she/it will not attempt
Plural
1st person we won't attempt we will not attempt
2nd person you won't attempt you will not attempt
3rd person they won't attempt they will not attempt
Question will I attempt?
Singular
1st person will I attempt?
2nd person will you attempt?
3rd person will he/she/it attempt?
Plural
1st person will we attempt?
2nd person will you attempt?
3rd person will they attempt?
Negative question won't I attempt?
Singular
1st person won't I attempt? will I not attempt?
2nd person won't you attempt? will you not attempt?
3rd person won't he/she/it attempt? will he/she/it not attempt?
Plural
1st person won't we attempt? will we not attempt?
2nd person won't you attempt? will you not attempt?
3rd person won't they attempt? will they not attempt?
Conditional I'd attempt
Positive I'd attempt
Singular
1st person I'd attempt I would attempt
2nd person you'd attempt you would attempt
3rd person he/she/it'd attempt he/she/it would attempt
Plural
1st person we'd attempt we would attempt
2nd person you'd attempt you would attempt
3rd person they'd attempt they would attempt
Negative I wouldn't attempt
Singular
1st person I wouldn't attempt I would not attempt
2nd person you wouldn't attempt you would not attempt
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't attempt he/she/it would not attempt
Plural
1st person we wouldn't attempt we would not attempt
2nd person you wouldn't attempt you would not attempt
3rd person they wouldn't attempt they would not attempt
Question would I attempt?
Singular
1st person would I attempt?
2nd person would you attempt?
3rd person would he/she/it attempt?
Plural
1st person would we attempt?
2nd person would you attempt?
3rd person would they attempt?
Negative question wouldn't I attempt?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I attempt? would I not attempt?
2nd person wouldn't you attempt? would you not attempt?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it attempt? would he/she/it not attempt?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we attempt? would we not attempt?
2nd person wouldn't you attempt? would you not attempt?
3rd person wouldn't they attempt? would they not attempt?
Present continuous I'm attempting
Positive I'm attempting
Singular
1st person I'm attempting I am attempting
2nd person you're attempting you are attempting
3rd person he/she/it's attempting he/she/it is attempting
Plural
1st person we're attempting we are attempting
2nd person you're attempting you are attempting
3rd person they're attempting they are attempting
Negative I'm not attempting
Singular
1st person I'm not attempting I am not attempting
2nd person you aren't attempting you're not attempting you are not attempting
3rd person he/she/it isn't attempting he/she/it's not attempting he/she/it is not attempting
Plural
1st person we aren't attempting we're not attempting we are not attempting
2nd person you aren't attempting you're not attempting you are not attempting
3rd person they aren't attempting they're not attempting they are not attempting
Question am I attempting?
Singular
1st person am I attempting?
2nd person are you attempting?
3rd person is he/she/it attempting?
Plural
1st person are we attempting?
2nd person are you attempting?
3rd person are they attempting?
Negative question aren't I attempting?
Singular
1st person aren't I attempting? am I not attempting?
2nd person aren't you attempting? are you not attempting?
3rd person isn't he/she/it attempting? is he/she/it not attempting?
Plural
1st person aren't we attempting? are we not attempting?
2nd person aren't you attempting? are you not attempting?
3rd person aren't they attempting? are they not attempting?
Past continuous I was attempting
Positive I was attempting
Singular
1st person I was attempting
2nd person you were attempting
3rd person he/she/it was attempting
Plural
1st person we were attempting
2nd person you were attempting
3rd person they were attempting
Negative I wasn't attempting
Singular
1st person I wasn't attempting I was not attempting
2nd person you weren't attempting you were not attempting
3rd person he/she/it wasn't attempting he/she/it was not attempting
Plural
1st person we weren't attempting we were not attempting
2nd person you weren't attempting you were not attempting
3rd person they weren't attempting they were not attempting
Question was I attempting?
Singular
1st person was I attempting?
2nd person were you attempting?
3rd person was he/she/it attempting?
Plural
1st person were we attempting?
2nd person were you attempting?
3rd person were they attempting?
Negative question wasn't I attempting?
Singular
1st person wasn't I attempting? was I not attempting?
2nd person weren't you attempting? were you not attempting?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it attempting? was he/she/it not attempting?
Plural
1st person weren't we attempting? were we not attempting?
2nd person weren't you attempting? were you not attempting?
3rd person weren't they attempting? were they not attempting?
Future continuous I'll be attempting
Positive I'll be attempting
Singular
1st person I'll be attempting I will be attempting
2nd person you'll be attempting you will be attempting
3rd person he/she/it'll be attempting he/she/it will be attempting
Plural
1st person we'll be attempting we will be attempting
2nd person you'll be attempting you will be attempting
3rd person they'll be attempting they will be attempting
Negative I won't be attempting
Singular
1st person I won't be attempting I will not be attempting
2nd person you won't be attempting you will not be attempting
3rd person he/she/it won't be attempting he/she/it will not be attempting
Plural
1st person we won't be attempting we will not be attempting
2nd person you won't be attempting you will not be attempting
3rd person they won't be attempting they will not be attempting
Question will I be attempting?
Singular
1st person will I be attempting?
2nd person will you be attempting?
3rd person will he/she/it be attempting?
Plural
1st person will we be attempting?
2nd person will you be attempting?
3rd person will they be attempting?
Negative question won't I be attempting?
Singular
1st person won't I be attempting? will I not be attempting?
2nd person won't you be attempting? will you not be attempting?
3rd person won't he/she/it be attempting? will he/she/it not be attempting?
Plural
1st person won't we be attempting? will we not be attempting?
2nd person won't you be attempting? will you not be attempting?
3rd person won't they be attempting? will they not be attempting?
Conditional continuous I'd be attempting
Positive I'd be attempting
Singular
1st person I'd be attempting I would be attempting
2nd person you'd be attempting you would be attempting
3rd person he/she/it'd be attempting he/she/it would be attempting
Plural
1st person we'd be attempting we would be attempting
2nd person you'd be attempting you would be attempting
3rd person they'd be attempting they would be attempting
Negative I wouldn't be attempting
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be attempting I would not be attempting
2nd person you wouldn't be attempting you would not be attempting
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be attempting he/she/it would not be attempting
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be attempting we would not be attempting
2nd person you wouldn't be attempting you would not be attempting
3rd person they wouldn't be attempting they would not be attempting
Question would I be attempting?
Singular
1st person would I be attempting?
2nd person would you be attempting?
3rd person would he/she/it be attempting?
Plural
1st person would we be attempting?
2nd person would you be attempting?
3rd person would they be attempting?
Negative question wouldn't I be attempting?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be attempting? would I not be attempting?
2nd person wouldn't you be attempting? would you not be attempting?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be attempting? would he/she/it not be attempting?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be attempting? would we not be attempting?
2nd person wouldn't you be attempting? would you not be attempting?
3rd person wouldn't they be attempting? would they not be attempting?
Present perfect I've attempted
Positive I've attempted
Singular
1st person I've attempted I have attempted
2nd person you've attempted you have attempted
3rd person he/she/it's attempted he/she/it has attempted
Plural
1st person we've attempted we have attempted
2nd person you've attempted you have attempted
3rd person they've attempted they have attempted
Negative I haven't attempted
Singular
1st person I haven't attempted I have not attempted
2nd person you haven't attempted you have not attempted
3rd person he/she/it hasn't attempted he/she/it has not attempted
Plural
1st person we haven't attempted we have not attempted
2nd person you haven't attempted you have not attempted
3rd person they haven't attempted they have not attempted
Question have I attempted?
Singular
1st person have I attempted?
2nd person have you attempted?
3rd person has he/she/it attempted?
Plural
1st person have we attempted?
2nd person have you attempted?
3rd person have they attempted?
Negative question haven't I attempted?
Singular
1st person haven't I attempted? have I not attempted?
2nd person haven't you attempted? have you not attempted?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it attempted? has he/she/it not attempted?
Plural
1st person haven't we attempted? have we not attempted?
2nd person haven't you attempted? have you not attempted?
3rd person haven't they attempted? have they not attempted?
Past perfect I had attempted
Positive I had attempted
Singular
1st person I had attempted
2nd person you had attempted
3rd person he/she/it had attempted
Plural
1st person we had attempted
2nd person you had attempted
3rd person they had attempted
Negative I hadn't attempted
Singular
1st person I hadn't attempted I had not attempted
2nd person you hadn't attempted you had not attempted
3rd person he/she/it hadn't attempted he/she/it had not attempted
Plural
1st person we hadn't attempted we had not attempted
2nd person you hadn't attempted you had not attempted
3rd person they hadn't attempted they had not attempted
Question had I attempted?
Singular
1st person had I attempted?
2nd person had you attempted?
3rd person had he/she/it attempted?
Plural
1st person had we attempted?
2nd person had you attempted?
3rd person had they attempted?
Negative question hadn't I attempted?
Singular
1st person hadn't I attempted? had I not attempted?
2nd person hadn't you attempted? had you not attempted?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it attempted? had he/she/it not attempted?
Plural
1st person hadn't we attempted? had we not attempted?
2nd person hadn't you attempted? had you not attempted?
3rd person hadn't they attempted? had they not attempted?
Future perfect I'll have attempted
Positive I'll have attempted
Singular
1st person I'll have attempted I will have attempted
2nd person you'll have attempted you will have attempted
3rd person he/she/it'll have attempted he/she/it will have attempted
Plural
1st person we'll have attempted we will have attempted
2nd person you'll have attempted you will have attempted
3rd person they'll have attempted they will have attempted
Negative I won't have attempted
Singular
1st person I won't have attempted I will not have attempted
2nd person you won't have attempted you will not have attempted
3rd person he/she/it won't have attempted he/she/it will not have attempted
Plural
1st person we won't have attempted we will not have attempted
2nd person you won't have attempted you will not have attempted
3rd person they won't have attempted they will not have attempted
Question +'ll I have attempted?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have attempted? will I have attempted?
2nd person +'ll you have attempted? will you have attempted?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have attempted? will he/she/it have attempted?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have attempted? will we have attempted?
2nd person +'ll you have attempted? will you have attempted?
3rd person +'ll they have attempted? will they have attempted?
Negative question won't I have attempted?
Singular
1st person won't I have attempted? will I not have attempted?
2nd person won't you have attempted? will you not have attempted?
3rd person won't he/she/it have attempted? will he/she/it not have attempted?
Plural
1st person won't we have attempted? will we not have attempted?
2nd person won't you have attempted? will you not have attempted?
3rd person won't they have attempted? will they not have attempted?
Conditional perfect I'd have attempted
Positive I'd have attempted
Singular
1st person I'd have attempted I would have attempted
2nd person you'd have attempted you would have attempted
3rd person he/she/it'd have attempted he/she/it would have attempted
Plural
1st person we'd have attempted we would have attempted
2nd person you'd have attempted you would have attempted
3rd person they'd have attempted they would have attempted
Negative I wouldn't have attempted
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have attempted I would not have attempted
2nd person you wouldn't have attempted you would not have attempted
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have attempted he/she/it would not have attempted
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have attempted we would not have attempted
2nd person you wouldn't have attempted you would not have attempted
3rd person they wouldn't have attempted they would not have attempted
Question would I have attempted?
Singular
1st person would I have attempted?
2nd person would you have attempted?
3rd person would he/she/it have attempted?
Plural
1st person would we have attempted?
2nd person would you have attempted?
3rd person would they have attempted?
Negative question wouldn't I have attempted?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have attempted? would I not have attempted?
2nd person wouldn't you have attempted? would you not have attempted?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have attempted? would he/she/it not have attempted?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have attempted? would we not have attempted?
2nd person wouldn't you have attempted? would you not have attempted?
3rd person wouldn't they have attempted? would they not have attempted?
Imperative attempt!
Positive
you attempt!
we let's attempt!
Negative
you don't attempt!
we let's not attempt!
Examples attempt examples
How do I use attempt in a sentence?
Simple sentences
The attempt to resuscitate Tom failed.
Our attempt has proved to be a failure.
Don't attempt two things at a time.
This attempt resulted in failure.
This attempt has been less than a complete success.
The coup attempt was foiled at the last moment.
Without your advice, I would have failed in the attempt.
I succeeded in my first attempt.
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.
He is sure to succeed in the attempt.
He failed in his attempt to swim across the river.
His attempt ended in failure.
His attempt proved to be a failure.
He was successful in the attempt.
The attempt ended in failure.
I was foiled in my attempt.
We marveled at his bold attempt.
His attempt to escape was successful.
He succeeded in the examination at his first attempt.
He is too much of a coward to attempt it.
He failed in the attempt to sail across the Pacific Ocean.
She made an attempt to ride a bicycle.
Despair drove him to attempt suicide.
It is more time-efficient to do several tasks sequentially than attempt to do them simultaneously.
Movie subtitles
Everytime she makes an attempt I lose so much of my energy.
I was told today that the Family Contraceptive Clinics were launching district clinics in an attempt to cut down waiting lists.
Maybe the perpetrator will make another attempt today.
Any jealous attempt on your part to interefere with the performance will prove disastrous to your career.
No, sir. Any attempt to obstruct this will be punished.
Dear Maria, I go with Dr. Johannes to attempt the north face because it leaves me no peace I want to prove that I can achieve something, too Don't be angry, we'll be back this evening and hopefully we'll stay alone after that.
You know, in case of an attempt on his life.
Ropa is in London and an attempt may be made on his life.
An attempt was made to assassinate the European diplomat,...Monsieur Ropa.
How long did you attempt to round the Horn?
A charge you will see vanish into thin air here as the state, to cover up its own criminal negligence in not protecting this innocent man, proceeds in this savage attempt to kill as scapegoats these 22 bewildered souls.
This time, there's no attempt to land on the moon.
I've told you of his attempt to bribe Mr. Tyler.
His attempt to resist the normal, healthy discipline of being put into Coventry. brought no further discipline from us.
It would appear his intention is to use the flying debris field in an attempt to destroy my terminal.
Two-time murderer caught in third attempt!
A long time I didn't attempt anything.
She's tried to appear mysterious in an attempt to create doubt in your minds.
And you knew it, and you shot him in an attempt to save yourself.
Until Universal's The Invisible Man Returns in 1940, there was no attempt to deal with such spectacular invisibility effects in films.
Mr. Lawrence, Ropa is in London, and an attempt may be made on his life.
An attempt has been made to assassinate the distinguished European diplomat. Monsieur Ropa, who is attending the concert.
Because I have the sense to sleep tonight instead of rushing to my ruin. in an attempt to put this Duke of Monmouth on the throne?
Take him to work on the docks. and don't you attempt to escape till every farthing's paid. or I'll stretch your hide on the rack!
This note is a poor attempt at illiteracy.
His last remark proves the district attorney hasn't lost his humor, in spite of the fact that his attempt to establish the presence of the defendants at the lynching has either failed or been ridiculed by the defense.
I want you to understand that any attempt at familiarity is very much resented.
Did you attempt to kill Korean King the 3rd Lee Jae Gang and Queen Bak Hyeon Ju?
Madame Colet, if I were your father. which, fortunately, I am not. and you made any attempt to handle your own business affairs, I would give you a good spanking, in a business way, of course.
Monsieur La Tour La Tour. I choose to think that idiotic reply was not a weak attempt at humor. But a definite lack of intelligence.
If this is another attempt to scare me into selling the island.
It's an attempt to ruin us.
Before retiring in an attempt to reach your verdict.. I wish to remind you that your duty is to consider only matters of facts.
I'm contemptuous of something you can't help or make no attempt to. Your so-called strength. Your prejudice against weakness, your blank intolerance.
I warn you, if you attempt to prevent me, I shall certainly shoot you.
You and your stupid attempt to buy it!
We'll make no further attempt to take the well, if we get water.
I'd make no further attempt to find Jacqueline.
News and current affairs
And, over time, Israeli settler disengagement from the West Bank and East Jerusalem has become just as impossible as any attempt by Israel to expel its remaining Arabs.
But any attempt to prolong Kuchma's rule will create such a political mess that it is not absurd to fear that Ukraine could follow Belarus and the Balkans of the early 1990's into outright dictatorship and chaos.
The attempt to restrain the growth of debt does serve to concentrate the mind - it forces countries to focus on priorities and assess values.
Look at Putin's attempt to rig Ukraine's previous presidential election, and the on again off again criminal charges brought against the opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko.
Of course, the Alliance of Civilizations should not attempt to bridge differences by defending moral relativism.
Djindjic himself narrowly escaped a highway assassination attempt only last month.
It was an attempt to preserve the peace (and the security of the relatively weak Austrian Empire) through a coalition of victors upholding shared values.
The FIS meeting in July was the unheralded beginning of an attempt to remodel the universe in such a way.
As we have seen, the White House built its case for war on a highly selective dossier of evidence, and Bush made statements about Iraq's attempt to purchase uranium from Africa that he and his staff knew to be highly doubtful, if not false.
They should attempt to produce an immediate cessation of violence from both sides while simultaneously focusing on a permanent settlement of our conflict.
The EU countries have failed twice in their attempt to respond to this challenge - once by half-hearted sanctions; now by lifting them.
Those denouncing the attempt to put Bashir on trial include the large blocs of countries that are members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the African Union, together with such powerful states as China and Russia.
It may be, as President Mubarak's critics argue, that the faltering progress of democratization reflects the attempt to block all potential challengers to Gamal.
But the partnership between a beloved American pastime and the biofuel lobby also marks the latest attempt to sway public opinion in favor of a truly irresponsible policy.
That leaves only about one-third of total federal spending from which to cut, and much of that goes to the defense budget, which Republicans will attempt to protect in the future.
The current attempt by Republicans in the US Congress to roll back America's effort to ban incandescent bulbs has revived this discussion.
With the backing of the US, Canada, and the European Union, Israel has maintained its blockade in an attempt to defeat Hamas, which won the elections here in 2006.
Pressures are mounting on the ECB to raise interest rates - and Berlusconi and Co.'s attacks are as much as an attempt to forestall future rate hikes as to get the ECB to loosen its monetary policy.
Presidential assassinations do not necessarily lead to civil wars, but in Burundi, a large-scale massacre of Tutsi civilians by Hutu immediately followed the coup attempt.
The war in Iraq was misconceived from the start, because it was an attempt to avenge the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by invading and occupying a country that had no part in them.
For all of the Obama administration's lofty rhetoric, his fiscal-policy proposals make no serious attempt to address these problems.
The new Commission will attempt to change this by focusing on rule implementation and oversight, rather than creation.
Even the Copenhagen summit on climate change ended just the way China wanted: failure in its attempt to commit China, or any other industrial nation, to making significant cuts in carbon emissions, with the United States getting the blame.
Contrary to most commentary, this is not a growth strategy, but rather an attempt to limit the considerable risk of another major downturn, induced by further balance-sheet damage in the housing sector.
There are school and university league tables, rankings of companies on profitability or corporate social responsibility, tables of happiness indicators by country, and tables that attempt to rank consumer brands by value.
It was French President Nicolas Sarkozy who, in the run-up to the last EU summit, called a halt to Merkel's attempt to introduce an automatic response to member states that violate the stability criteria.
Direct talks should concentrate on two parallel tracks. They should attempt to produce an immediate cessation of violence from both sides while simultaneously focusing on a permanent settlement of our conflict.
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