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effort
[ ef-ert ]
noun
- exertion of physical or mental power:
It will take great effort to achieve victory.
Synonyms: ,
- an earnest or strenuous attempt:
an effort to keep to the schedule.
- something done by exertion or hard work:
I thought it would be easy, but it was an effort.
- an achievement, as in literature or art:
The painting is one of his finest efforts.
- the amount of exertion expended for a specified purpose:
the war effort.
- Chiefly British.
- an organized community drive or achievement.
- a fund-raising drive.
- Mechanics. the force or energy that is applied to a machine for the accomplishment of useful work.
effort
/ ˈɛə /
noun
- physical or mental exertion, usually considerable when unqualified
the rock was moved with effort
- a determined attempt
our effort to save him failed
- achievement; creation
a great literary effort
- physics an applied force acting against inertia
effort
/ ĕ′ə /
- Force applied against inertia.
- The force needed by a machine in order to accomplish work on a load.
- Compare load
Derived Forms
- ˈڴڴǰٴڳܱ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- dzܲt·Эǰ noun
- v·Эǰ noun
- ·fǰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of effort1
Idioms and Phrases
see all out (effort) ; last-ditch effort .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Meanwhile, other presidential efforts, on foreign policy and immigration, and at the ballot box - have faced notable setbacks in recent days.
Ezban is referring to his latest genre effort, a tonally unpredictable zombie movie titled “Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse,” which hits theaters across the country on Friday,
Blanca and her fellow tenants have vowed to stay in the building despite what they see as efforts to push them out by the owners, who were not available for comment for this article.
Libraries across California are bracing for cuts to early literacy, information access and continuing education programs after the Trump administration’s latest effort to slash federal spending took aim at the nation’s libraries and museums.
But it’s unclear exactly how Newsom’s efforts to carve out exemptions would work or whether a state can forge such exceptions.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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