deliberate attempt

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• deliberate — I UK [dɪˈlɪb(ə)rət] / US adjective ** 1) intended, not done by chance or by accident I m sure the omission of my name was deliberate. deliberate attempt/effort: Her visit was a deliberate attempt to draw attention to the area. deliberate… …   English dictionary

• deliberate — de|lib|er|ate1 [ dı lıb(ə)rət ] adjective ** 1. ) intended, not done by chance or by accident: INTENTIONAL: I m sure the omission of my name was deliberate. deliberate attempt/effort: Her visit was a deliberate attempt to draw attention to the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• deliberate — deliberately, adv. deliberateness, n. deliberator, n. adj. /di lib euhr it/; v. /di lib euh rayt /, adj., v., deliberated, deliberating. adj. 1. carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie. 2. characterized by… …   Universalium

• deliberate — 01. Max lied to his boss about what happened in a [deliberate] attempt to have Sheila fired. 02. In the early part of Canada s history, European settlers [deliberately] gave blankets infected with disease to the native people in order to reduce… …   Grammatical examples in English

• deliberate — de•lib•er•ate adj. [[t]dɪˈlɪb ər ɪt[/t]] v. [[t] əˌreɪt[/t]] adj. v. at•ed, at•ing 1) studied or intentional: a deliberate lie[/ex] 2) characterized by deliberation; careful or slow in deciding: a deliberate decision[/ex] 3) unhurried: a… …   From formal English to slang

• deliberate — de|lib|e|rate1 [dıˈlıbərıt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: deliberatus, past participle of deliberare to weigh in the mind , from libra balance ] 1.) intended or planned ≠ ↑unintentional = ↑intentional ▪ a deliberate attempt to humiliate… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• attempt — [[t]əte̱mpt[/t]] ♦ attempts, attempting, attempted 1) VERB If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it. [V to inf] The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia...… …   English dictionary

• deliberate — 1. adjective 1) a deliberate attempt to provoke him Syn: intentional, calculated, conscious, intended, planned, studied, knowing, willful, purposeful, purposive, premeditated, preplanned; voluntary, volitional Ant …   Thesaurus of popular words

• deliberate — 1. adjective 1) a deliberate attempt to provoke him Syn: intentional, calculated, conscious, intended, planned, wilful, premeditated 2) small, deliberate steps Syn: careful, cautious, measured …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• attempt — I n. 1) to make an attempt 2) to foil, thwart an attempt 3) an abortive, fruitless, futile, vain; all out, concerted, last ditch; bold, brazen, daring; crude; deliberate; feeble, halfhearted, weak; first; premature; successful attempt; repeated… …   Combinatory dictionary

• attempt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ successful ▪ abortive, botched, failed, fruitless, futile, ill fated, misguided, unsuccessful …   Collocations dictionary