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# attempted

«attempted» in Mova's school dictionary: **tried to do something, especially something difficult** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (past of «attempt»: attempt, attempts, attempted, attempting); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Attempted means tried to do something, especially something difficult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempted/#m1)

2) (adjective) Attempted describes a crime or act that was tried but not completed: «attempted theft». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempted/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems «attempted» tells how many tries were made: «she attempted 20 shots and scored 15» means 5 missed. In school: «attempted all the questions». In news and law: «attempted robbery». Formal; everyday word: «tried».

### examples

- She attempted the high jump three times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempted/#x1)
- He attempted all the questions in the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempted/#x2)
- They attempted to climb the mountain but turned back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempted/#x3)
- The police arrested a man for attempted theft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempted/#x4)
- Tom attempted 12 sums and got 10 right, so 2 were wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempted/#x5)
- The cat attempted to catch the bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempted/#x6)
- One even attempted to tie strings to his feet and his hands to make him dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempted/#x7)

### note

Past of «attempt». In maths: attempted = successful + unsuccessful tries. «Attempted» does not tell whether it worked; check the rest of the sentence.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «attempted» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attempted/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.