Attempt and Operate

Attempt

Attempt verb - To make an effort to do.

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

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Operate

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

Attempt and operate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a verb "Operate".

Common collocations

door attempt door operate door
magic attempt magic operate magic
version attempt version operate version

Both words in one sentence

  • Comically Inept Healing When he tells Lilo and Stitch about it, their response is to attempt to "operate" on Pleakley - in Stitch's case, by way of a chainsaw.
  • Achievements in Ignorance Okabe Rintarou of Steins;Gate somehow managed to turn a microwave into a freaking time-machine by fiddling with it enough in an attempt to get it to remote operate.
  • Videogame / Trauma Center When Pepita is shot, saving the trio's lives in Episode 6-4, our doctors take it upon themselves to attempt to operate on it.
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