effort

effort
01. You are going to have to put in a lot more [effort] if you really want to improve your Spanish.
02. With an [effortless] win over Dallas in the game on Tuesday, Boston is looking very confident going into tonight's contest.
03. The children made an [effort] to hide their disappointment when they found out the party had been canceled.
04. Despite the [efforts] of the U.N. peacekeepers in the region, the situation is getting steadily worse.
05. Our fundraising [effort] was very successful, and we were able to collect almost $2000.
06. We have made every [effort] to get along with our new neighbors, but they don't seem interested in becoming friends.
07. Your son is not a strong player, but it is certainly not due to any lack of [effort].
08. The United States has made an [effort] to improve relations with its European allies despite their differences over the war in Iraq.
09. She injured her knee, and it takes a lot of [effort] for her just to walk across the room.
10. It'll take a lot of time and [effort] to get the work done before Friday.
11. She put a lot of [effort] into her essay, and got an excellent mark because of it.
12. Sophocles once stated that success is dependent on [effort].
13. Gloria Pitzer once remarked that the only thing that comes to us without [effort] is old age.
14. South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 13, 2000, for his [efforts] toward reconciliation with North Korea.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • effort — [ efɔr ] n. m. • esforz 1080; de efforcer 1 ♦ Activité d un être conscient qui mobilise toutes ses forces pour résister ou vaincre une résistance (extérieure ou intérieure). Effort physique, musculaire. Sentiment de l effort (fondement de la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • effort — EFFORT. sub. mas. Action faite en s efforçant, en y employant beaucoup de force. Il se dit Des actions et du corps et de l esprit. Grand effort. Faire le dernier effort. Vain effort. Effort inutile. Employer tous ses efforts. Il en est venu à… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • effort — Effort. s. m. verb. Action faite en s efforçant, en y employant beaucoup de force. Il se dit des actions & du corps & de l esprit. Grand effort. dernier effort. vain effort. inutile effort. faire effort. faire un effort. il ne faut pour cela qu… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • effort — UK US /ˈefət/ noun ► [C or U] a serious attempt to do something: an effort to do sth »This is part of an ongoing effort to develop the Asian debt market. »The guidelines require that companies make an effort to engender a culture of ethical… …   Financial and business terms

  • effort — effort, exertion, pains, trouble mean the active use or expenditure of physical or mental power in producing or attempting to produce a desired result. Effort may suggest either a single action or continued activity, but it usually implies… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Effort — Ef fort, n. [F. effort, OF. esfort, for esfors, esforz, fr. esforcier. See {Efforce}.] 1. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • effort — late 15c., from M.Fr. effort, noun of action from O.Fr. esforz force, impetuosity, strength, power, back formation from esforcier force out, exert oneself, from V.L. *exfortiare to show strength (Cf. It. sforza), from L. ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) …   Etymology dictionary

  • effort — [ef′ərt] n. [Fr < OFr esforz < esforcier, to make an effort < VL * exfortiare < ex , intens. + * fortiare: see FORCE] 1. the using of energy to get something done; exertion of strength or mental power 2. a try, esp. a hard try;… …   English World dictionary

  • effort — I noun applied energy, arduousness, assiduity, assiduousness, attempt, conatus, contentio, endeavor, essay, exertion, expenditure of energy, hard work, industry, laboriousness, opera, pains, strain, strenuousness, struggle, toil, travail, trial,… …   Law dictionary

  • Effort — Ef fort, v. t. To stimulate. [Obs.] He efforted his spirits. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Effort — (fr., spr. Effohr), Anstrengung, Nachdruck, Kraft; daher Efforciren, sich anstrengen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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