The phrase "and attempt to define" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the effort to clarify or explain a concept or term.
Example: "In this paper, we will explore various theories and attempt to define the key terms used in our analysis."
Alternatives: "and try to clarify" or "and seek to explain".
The lesson extends beyond the classroom: students post memoirs to Twitter for days and weeks after, as they continue to kick ideas around and attempt to define themselves, their lives and their stories, all in six words.
In this chapter, the authors define the needs versus the wants with respect to scaffold properties from a general point of view and attempt to define important constraints and key criteria in advanced scaffold design.
In recognizing the particular thoughts that attempt to define I, and attempt to define being, and attempt to define here, in any moment we can simply return to the fundamental truth that needs no definition for its truthfulness.
If we are even going to try and attempt to define a threshold, on what criteria would it be based off of?
To improve the explicit application of precaution, we must go beyond the current form of the PP and attempt to define the factors that weigh in favor of more or less precaution for specific risks.
The available approaches similarly address bias within the confines of experiment and attempt to define it observationally or numerically, by data trends or bias factors, as a property that arises from the signaling paradigm.
In 2004 Harper was elected leader of the new party and attempted to define a moderate stance for the Conservatives, advocating tax relief, a balanced budget, and government transparency.
Both photographers, in their own way, seem to be marveling at an expanding element of their society, and it's hard not to notice how all of their subjects are aware of the camera and attempting to define themselves before it, even as they accidentally reveal deeper truths.
In recent years, the NASPI was working on synchrophasor application classification, and attempted to define the applications' requirements on data accuracy, data loss, and latency.
This study aimed to assess the capability of pluronic surfactants to stabilise topical pressurised hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) emulsions and attempted to define the formulation characteristics that had an impact upon foam properties.
The present paper reviews the effects of various microstructural aspects on the abrasion resistance and attempts to define a desirable microstructure for low hardness abrasion resistant steels: a dual phase matrix strengthened by retained austenite via the TRIP effect.
