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1. (n.) effort
exertion of physical or mental power.
2. effort
an earnest or strenuous attempt.
3. effort
something done by exertion or hard work.
4. effort
an achievement, as in literature or art:
The painting is one of her finest efforts.
5. effort
action undertaken by a group for a specified purpose:
the war effort.
6. effort
the force or energy that is applied to a machine for the accomplishment of useful work.
Etymology: (1480–90; < MF; OF esfort, esforz, der. of esforcier to force (es-ex -1+forcier to force ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
"made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"
2. (noun) effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
"he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
3. (noun) feat, effort, exploit
a notable achievement
"he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"
4. (noun) campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
"he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
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1. (noun) effort
an attempt to do sth
She made an effort to look nice.; an effort to sell the house quickly
2. effort
the energy needed or used to do sth
Many people think it is too much effort to live a greener lifestyle.; It took a lot of effort for him to explain.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Effort
an exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall
2. (noun) Effort
a force acting on a body in the direction of its motion
3. (verb) Effort
to stimulate
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Sense: hard work; energy
Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.
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 Afrikaans: poging |
 Arabic: تَعَب |
 Bulgarian: старание |
 Brazilian: esforço |
 Czech: úsilí |
 German: die Anstrengung |
 Danish: anstrengelse; indsats |
 Greek: προσπάθεια, κόπος |
 Spanish: esfuerzo |
 Estonian: jõupingutus |
 Farsi: تلاش؛ کوشش |
 Finnish: ponnistus |
 French: effort |
 Hebrew: מַאֲמָץ |
 Hindi: प्रयत्न, प्रयास |
 Croatian: napor |
 Hungarian: erőkifejtés |
 Indonesian: kerja keras |
 Icelandic: átak, erfiði |
 Italian: sforzo |
 Japanese: 努力 |
 Korean: 노력 |
 Lithuanian: pastanga |
 Latvian: piepūle |
 Malay: usaha |
 Dutch: inspanning |
 Norwegian: innsats, (kraft)anstrenge |
 Polish: wysiłek |
 Persian: تلاش؛ کوشش |
 Pashto: زیار، هڅه |
 Portuguese: esforço |
 Romanian: efort |
 Russian: усилие |
 Slovak: úsilie |
 Slovenian: napor |
 Serbian: napor |
 Swedish: ansträngning, kraftansträ |
 Thai: งานที่ใช้แรงมาก |
 Turkish: çaba, gayret |
 Taiwanese: 努力 |
 Ukrainian: напруження, натуга |
 Urdu: مشقت |
 Vietnamese: sự cố gắng |
 Chinese: 努力 |
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