Question 1 · Quick check
attack
CEFRA2
/əˈtæk/
noun · verb
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
noun
An act of trying to hurt or defeat someone or something.
- 02
verb
To try to hurt or defeat someone or something.
Examples
Most dogs will not attack unless provoked.
I had an angina attack.
At a glance
Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /əˈtak/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAn attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
More examples
In contextWolves won't usually attack people.
Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.
The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.
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Quick test
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Origin
noun
Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakkijan (“to stick, stick to, attach”). Doublet of attach. Displaced native Middle English onresen, from Old English onrǣsan (“to attack”); and Middle English resinge (“an assault, attack”) (compare Old English onrǣs (“an attack”)).