essay noun
QUANT. collection In 2001 she published a collection of essays.
VERB + ESSAY do, write Have you done your essay yet? | give in, hand in Essays handed in late will not be accepted.
ESSAY + NOUN question, title, topic You have to answer 3 out of 8 essay questions in the exam.
PREP. in an/the ~ He made some very good points in his essay. | ~ about/on We've got to write an essay on the environment. | ~ by an essay by Montaigne
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