Definitions for efforts
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1. efforts

   Plural noun of effort.

   His efforts to contribute to his community where noted as he continued to motivate the local youth in football and other sports.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'efforts' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1816

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'efforts' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3924

How to pronounce efforts?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of efforts in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of efforts in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of efforts in a Sentence

1. Letitia James:

   The court's decision, together with the settlements we negotiated, are a major victory in our efforts to protect charitable assets and hold accountable those who would abuse charities for personal gain.

2. Avery Gardiner:

   Brady Campaign is immediately obvious to anyone who looks at this issue that 3D-printed guns are nothing short of a menace to society, and we are thrilled that the court ruled in this manner, the efforts of these attorneys general throughout the nation have helped strike a powerful blow against the scourge of 3D-printed guns, but we know this fight is not yet over. We will continue to do everything in our power to make sure that this temporary halt in publication becomes a permanent one.

3. Robert Schapiro:

   There have been efforts before to have states call for a constitutional convention. And with regard to certain issues, states have come fairly close, but, given the divided times which we face, and given the broad brush of these amendments, I think it’s unlikely to garner the kind of support that would be necessary actually to reach that two-thirds benchmark.

4. Ivy Park:

   Ivy Park has a rigorous ethical trading program. We are proud of our sustained efforts in terms of factory inspections and audits, and our teams worldwide work very closely with our suppliers and their factories to ensure compliance, we expect our suppliers to meet our code of conduct and we support them in achieving these requirements.

5. Fadi Hakura:

   Erdogan is very keen to promote Islamic banking in Turkey, it's part of efforts to turn Istanbul into a financial hub, and also Erdogan's aversion to interest rates, which he views as usually prohibited by Islam.

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