Attempt and Design

Attempt

Attempt verb - To make an effort to do.

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Design and attempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Design" instead a verb "Attempt".

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Design verb - To have in mind as a purpose or goal.

Usage example: early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company

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Attempt and design are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a verb "Design".

human	human attempt	human design
good	good attempt	good design
best	best attempt	best design
elaborate	elaborate attempt	elaborate design
Other adjectives: similar, original, initial, poor, actual, entire, bad, deliberate, new, early, possible, final, strange, earlier, previous.

kind	attempt kind	design kind
control	attempt control	design control
form	attempt form	design form
house	attempt house	design house
Other words: spell, plan, scheme, game, version.

Elemental Gearbolt, featuring some beautiful music and environmental design and an attempt at something beyond the usual Excuse Plot, via anime cutscenes between each level.

Source: Light Gun Game
The NEC PC-FX was NEC's attempt to enter the 32-bit era early by rushing an old, outdated design out the door before its competitors in an attempt to keep the PC-Engine's fanbase.

Source: Useful Notes / Console Wars
Making things worse, this was actually Intel's third attempt at implementing such a design.

Source: Darth Wiki / Idiot Programming

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