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Synonyms for EFFORT
ˈɛf ərtef·fort
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Wiktionary
effortnoun
Synonyms:
struggleNouneffortnoun
To make an effort.
It took a lot of effort to find a decent-sized, fully-furnished apartment withing walking distance of the office.
Synonyms:
struggleNouneffortnoun
An endeavour.
Although he didn't win any medals, Johnson's effort at the Olympics won over many fans.
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struggleNoun
English Synonyms and Antonyms
effortnoun
Effort denotes the voluntary putting forth of power to attain or accomplish some specific thing; it reaches toward a definite end; exertion is a putting forth of power without special reference to an object. Every effort is an exertion, but not every exertion is an effort. Attempt is more experimental than effort, endeavor less strenuous but more continuous. An effort is a single act, an endeavor a continued series of acts; an endeavor is sustained and enduring, and may be lifelong; we do not have a society of Christian Attempt, or of Christian Effort, but of Christian Endeavor. A struggle is a violent effort or strenuous exertion. An essay is an attempt, effort, or endeavor made as a test of the powers of the one who makes it. Compare ENDEAVOR, v.
Synonyms:
attempt, endeavor, endeavor, essay, exertion, struggle, trial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
effort
Synonyms:
trial, attempt, endeavor, exertionAntonyms:
failure, misadventure, unsuccess, frustration, futility, inactivity, ease, facility, spontaneity
Princeton's WordNet
attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, trynoun
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"
Synonyms:
attempt, endeavour, elbow grease, travail, exploit, feat, drive, effort, movement, campaign, sweat, attack, cause, try, enterprise, crusade, exertion, endeavoreffort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweatnoun
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
"he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
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attempt, endeavour, elbow grease, lather, travail, parturiency, exploit, campaign, childbed, feat, drive, labour, effort, sudor, perspiration, movement, try, sweat, fret, stew, cause, labor, swither, lying-in, confinement, crusade, exertion, endeavorfeat, effort, exploitnoun
a notable achievement
"he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"
Synonyms:
elbow grease, attempt, campaign, feat, try, endeavour, endeavor, crusade, sweat, effort, movement, drive, exploit, travail, cause, exertioncampaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effortnoun
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"
Synonyms:
political campaign, motility, driveway, thrust, exertion, case, reason, movement, apparent motion, private road, exploit, elbow grease, motion, attempt, causal agent, driving force, move, apparent movement, grounds, front, bowel movement, driving, cause, bm, causa, military campaign, travail, crusade, trend, feat, endeavour, drive, parkway, social movement, sweat, safari, ride, run, campaign, drift, try, hunting expedition, effort, causal agency, lawsuit, endeavor, suit
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "effort":
efforts, endeavour, attempt, work, initiative, commitment, endeavor, utmost, action
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#125 | work | |
#287 | case | |
#473 | action | |
#672 | run | |
#684 | try | |
#737 | drive | |
#794 | front | |
#1142 | move | |
#1223 | cause | |
#1246 | reason | |
#1452 | trial | |
#1460 | enterprise | |
#1871 | motion | |
#1992 | effort | |
#2023 | driving | |
#2118 | efforts | |
#2137 | labor | |
#2171 | campaign | |
#2262 | attack | |
#2293 | movement | |
#2968 | ride | |
#3056 | attempt | |
#3318 | commitment | |
#3380 | safari | |
#3455 | initiative | |
#3526 | labour | |
#3709 | suit | |
#4405 | trend | |
#5087 | grounds | |
#5490 | essay | |
#5905 | struggle | |
#8076 | bm | |
#8565 | lawsuit | |
#9611 | feat | |
#10264 | exploit | |
#10703 | sweat | |
#11054 | parkway | |
#11779 | drift | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#16219 | endeavor | |
#16531 | driveway | |
#17620 | utmost | |
#18225 | crusade | |
#18303 | endeavour | |
#19223 | stew | |
#19967 | confinement | |
#27090 | fret | |
#29951 | travail | |
#35034 | motility | |
#38020 | exertion | |
#46155 | perspiration | |
#58020 | lather | |
#59052 | causa |
How to use EFFORT in a sentence?
The parents feel un-communicated to and want to take actions, we have seen a real effort to reach out from the police to improve things and we hope it will get better.
His big effort has been on sentencing but we’re talking about prison reform.
If this final effort to reach a negotiated solution fails, then France will have to do what it takes by recognizing without delay the Palestinian state.
We’re putting our athletes through a lot of painful literal and figurative hoops and hurdles with really no resolution at the end of it to tell them that this is the standard that is being set for competition, there needs to be a joint effort to determine the metric because athletics and institutions, they go off of metrics and standards that can be applied to the masses.
Honestly, Geoff Thomas started a great thing. The cause is near and dear for Geoff Thomas, geoff Thomas came to Austin and talked to me about what they're doing and asked me to come. Geoff Thomas made a real passionate effort so I decided to do it.
Translations for EFFORT
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- مجهود, جهدArabic
- старание, усилиеBulgarian
- esforçCatalan, Valencian
- úsilí, snahaCzech
- indsatsDanish
- Anstrengung, AufwandGerman
- προσπάθειαGreek
- klopodoEsperanto
- esfuerzoSpanish
- تلاشPersian
- vaiva, ponnistus, yritysFinnish
- effortFrench
- iomairtScottish Gaelic
- מאמץHebrew
- प्रयासHindi
- erőfeszítésHungarian
- ճիգ, ջանքArmenian
- effortioInterlingua
- usahaIndonesian
- sforzoItalian
- 努力Japanese
- 노력, 努力Korean
- ڕهنجKurdish
- conatusLatin
- inspanningDutch
- wysiłekPolish
- esforçoPortuguese
- efort, solicitareRomanian
- старание, усилиеRussian
- nápor, trȗdSerbo-Croatian
- ansträngning, insatsSwedish
- juhudiSwahili
- کوششUrdu
- nỗ lực, 努力Vietnamese
- 功夫Chinese
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