Collocations for essay - noun

anthology, collection, selection, series, set, volume
In 2001 she published a collection of essays.

do, write
Have you done your essay yet?

finish
I finished my essay about 10 o'clock last night!

conclude
He concludes the essay by calling for a corrective.

publish
hand in, turn in (esp. AmE)
Essays handed in late will not be accepted.

contribute, submit
present
A version of this essay was presented at the Astronomical Society.

read
collect
The fifteen essays collected in this volume.

be entitled sth, be titled sth (esp. AmE)
an essay entitled ‘Memory’

address sth, discuss sth, examine sth, explore sth
The essays explore Einstein's personal development.

provide sth
This essay provides a comprehensive overview of the subject.

argue sth, suggest sth

question, title, topic
You have to answer three out of eight essay questions in the exam.

assignment
Lunch was the only time she could finish her essay assignment.

competition (esp. BrE), contest (AmE)
the teenage winner of an essay contest

collection (esp. AmE)

in an/the essay
He made some very good points in his essay.

essay about, essay on
We have to write an essay on the environment.

essay by
an essay by Montaigne