Attempt and Start

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Attempt

Attempt verb - To make an effort to do.
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Start and attempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Start" instead the word "Attempt" as a verb or a noun.
Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Start

Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).
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Attempt and start are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead the word "Start" as a verb or a noun.
Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

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How words are described

good good attempt good start
best best attempt best start
long long attempt long start
brief brief attempt brief start
Other adjectives: complete, original, initial, awkward, poor, actual, real, successful, big, weak, bad, new, early, possible, final, next, last.

Common collocations

life attempt life start life
attack attempt attack start attack
people attempt people start people
relationship attempt relationship start relationship
Other words: plot, turn, time, plan, level, game, fight, invasion, rebellion, mission, quest, war, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / The Office (US) Dwight's attempt to start a Chain of Deals with one red thumbtack in the "Garage Sale" episode is a play on the Real Life project one red paperclip.
    Source: Series / The Office (US)
  • Literature / Halo: Hunters in the Dark Always a Bigger Fish: When the blind wolves that attack the party start fleeing, the group first assumes Olympia's attempt to trick them and the Elites' show of force worked.
    Source: Literature / Halo: Hunters in the Dark
  • Film / Monty Python and the Holy Grail Invisible Backup Band: Every time Herbert makes an (almost always abortive) attempt to start singing, a band begins to play, before it's all shut down by his father.
    Source: Film / Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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