Effort

Definition: Effort

Effort

Noun

1. 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. Use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion".

3. 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".

4. A notable achievement: "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort".

Date "effort" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Effort \Ef"fort\, transitive verb. To stimulate. [Obsolete]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	The means used for planning, implementation, management and usage of a system in a specific period of time. Source: European Union. (references)
Law	The physical and/or mental exertion expended by the worker. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
EFFORT	English	Endowment Fund For the Rehabilitation of Tigray	Finance
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Effort

Synonyms: attempt (n), campaign (n), cause (n), crusade (n), deed (n), drive (n), elbow grease (n), endeavor (n), endeavour (n), exertion (n), exploit (n), feat (n), movement (n), sweat (n), travail (n), try (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Exertion	Noun: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt; stroke of work,Noun: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt; stroke of work, stitch of work.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Effort

English words defined with "effort": waste of effort. (references)

Specialty definitions using "effort": best effort ♦ Effort Adjustment Factor ♦ hourly tractive effort ♦ Knowledge Sharing Effort ♦ tractive effort at hourly rating. (references)

Etymologies containing "effort": Strive. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Effort" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, pain, spirt, strain, stress, stroke, struggle), Romanian (drive, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, force, labor, labour, pain, pluck, push, strain, stretch, struggle, tug).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Real sharpness comes without effort. (Wo hu cang long; writing credit: Hui-Ling Wang) If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're gonna be winners (Hoosiers; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo) I thought all children despise effort and enjoy cartoons (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I made a special effort to not look like a nurse (In Harm's Way; writing credit: James Bassett; Wendell Mayes) I'd prefer you give it some real effort and stop wasting my time (Andromeda; writing credit: John Cranna)
Lyrics	In an effort to make it clear to who (Alone Again (Naturally); performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan) While I, in an effort to baby sit, (Clair; performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan) I'll make the effort, love can last forever (Thirty-Three; performing artist: The smashing pumpkins)
Movie/TV Titles	Second Effort (1968) The Joint Effort (2000) Encore un effort pour être révolutionnaires Chinois (1977)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Becoming a Millionaire Within a Year With no Effort (reference) Courage: The Story of the Mighty Effort to End the Devastating Effects of Multiple Sclerosis (reference) Effort and Excellence in Urban Classrooms: Expecting, and Getting, Success With All Students (reference) Effort at Speech: New and Selected Poems (reference) Running With the Whole Body: A 30-Day Program to Running Faster With Less Effort (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Empowering the Quality Effort (reference) No Effort Weight Loss (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	An Effort In The Deconstruction Of The Struggle (reference) Solo Effort (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	This act signed December 23, 1971, amended the Public Health Service Act. It strengthened the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health so that they could more effectively carry out the national effort against cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		As part of the national immunization effort, a doctor is giving a measles vaccination to a young boy at Fernbank School in Atlanta, Georgia, 1962. Credit: CDC.
	In the 1960s, a major effort was made to eradicate the principal urban vector mosquito of dengue and yellow fever viruses, A. aegypti, from southeast United States, such as spraying for mosquitos using a hand-held compressed air sprayer. Credit: CDC.		In an unprecedented effort to better the conditions and opportunities for women in ... Credit: NASA.
	Zenith telescope at the Ukiah Latitude Observatory Showing latitude levels Part of international effort to observe small changes in latitude. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Charles Anton Schott Great mathematician, geodesist, geophysicist, and climatologist Lead the effort to survey the 39th Parallel. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Replanting marsh grass in an effort to protect and rebuild this beach near Annapolis. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Volunteers assist the Oyster Recovery Partnership in their effort to transplant oyster spat before the population is decimated by the Stylochus flatworm. Hatchery bags are stacked aboard the ROBERT LEE. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	A 400 kilogram (880 pounds) tuna is landed by eight fishermen. This is a difficult and dangerous time when synchronized effort is required to land the tuna. Poor timing can cause the poles to break and a fisherman to land in the water. Some fishermen have died in this manner after falling overboard and being struck by the tuna tails. Credit: Fisheries.		Photo #3 of sequence. Pole and line fishing with six poles working in unison. The fish has been pulled on deck through the combined effort of all six fishermen. Credit: Fisheries.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Elbert Hubbard	Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
Euripides	Much effort, much prosperity.
John Ruskin	No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.
	A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes	The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.
Remy De Gourmont	The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws.
Robert Browning	Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete!
Samuel Johnson	What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
William James	Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Winston S. Churchill	1946	God has willed that this shall not be and we have at least a breathing space to set our house in order before this peril has to be encountered: and even then, if no effort is spared, we should still possess so formidable a superiority as to impose effective deterrents upon its employment, or threat of employment, by others. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
United Nations	1948	Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno	Carroll, Lewis	The Lord Chancellor recovered himself with a great effort, and pointed to the open window
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	An unlucky effort, inexpert help, a false push, might crush him.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	It needed an immense effort of his will to master the impulse which urged him to give outlet to such irritation
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Pa half filled the hole, and then he stood panting with the effort while Uncle John finished it.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Moral reform is the effort to throw off sleep
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Hearing better is worth the effort. (references)
		Remember, weight control is a life-long effort. (references)
		They do require time, effort, and continued practice. (references)
Business		Canada is making a great effort to promote study in its universities. (references)
		Selection of the appropriate agent or distributor requires time and effort. (references)
		Therefore, manufacturers spend time and effort to build up their brand image. (references)
Children	Cote d'Ivoire	In 1998 in an effort to combat low enrollment rates for girls, the Government instituted new measures against the statutory rape of students by teachers. (references)
	Bulgaria	With the help of international donor funding, an ethnic reintegration effort began in schools in Vidin in September 2000 and continued throughout the year. (references)
	Senegal	Numerous organizations assist the Ministry in support of children's rights, including the Ministry of Health, which maintained a nationwide effort focusing on child survival. (references)
Civil Liberties	Jordan	The amendment was viewed widely as an effort to curb the influence of campus Islamists. (references)
	Burma	Restrictions on foreign travelers have been eased as part of an effort to promote tourism. (references)
	Egypt	All mosques must be licensed, and the Government is engaged in an effort to control them legally. (references)
Discrimination	Nicaragua	The Constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of birth, nationality, political belief, race, gender, language, religion, opinion, national origin, economic condition, or social condition; however, in practice the Government made little or no effort to combat discrimination. (references)
Economic History	Sierra Leone	The present government is continuing this effort. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	It also continued the effort to "Saudiize" the labor force. (references)
Human Rights	Georgia	The ICRC assisted in this effort. (references)
	Georgia	Other results of the judicial reform effort were inconclusive. (references)
	Cyprus	The Turkish Cypriot authorities have not cooperated in this DNA identification effort. (references)
Indigenous People	Chile	Sixty-seven families accepted economic inducements to move to other land but six families involved continued to object to ENDESA's effort to have them resettled. (references)
	Venezuela	On July 16, four members of the Pume indigenous people in Apure state were killed during an apparent effort to take control of the land they occupied, according to a Pume witness. (references)
	Nicaragua	Based on 1998 information from the Center for Investigation and Documentation of the Atlantic Coast and other sources, the 4 major identifiable tribes are the Miskito (with approximately 100,000 members), the Sumo (10,000), the Garifuna (3,000), and the Rama (1,000). In an effort to encourage indigenous participation in Atlantic coast regional elections held in 1998, the CSE distributed electoral and civic education materials in four languages, including Miskito and Sumo. (references)
Minorities	Nepal	Otherwise, the Government makes an effort to protect the rights of the disadvantaged castes. (references)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	In some cases, opponents of refugee returns used violence, including sporadic house burnings, and orchestrated demonstrations in an effort to intimidate returnees. (references)
	Philippines	Muslims view Christian proselytizing as an extension of an historical effort by the Christian majority to deprive them of their homeland and cultural identity as well as their religion. (references)
Political Economy	Ireland	This policy is an effort to "embed" these firms in Ireland. (references)
	BANGLADESH	Vested interest groups often successfully oppose reform effort. (references)
	Pakistan	In midyear the Government undertook a major effort to curb religious extremism. (references)
Political Rights	Equatorial Guinea	Opposition activists reported that the Government made virtually no effort to implement the pact. (references)
	Congo	Despite the Government's effort to control the National Consultation, the body did not accept the Government's agenda. (references)
	Egypt	The EOHR conducted a small-scale monitoring effort, but there was no systematic, large-scale independent monitoring of the elections. (references)
Trade	Luxembourg	Every effort is made to help the enterprises concerned. (references)
	Guinea	On occasion this equates to a duplication of effort and complicates the clearance process. (references)
	Yemen	If a current reform effort is successful, these taxes will be replaced with a General Sales Tax. (references)
Travel	China	Upon expiration, the Type Z visa can be renewed with reasonable amount of effort and paperwork. (references)
	Vietnam	Effort should be spent on introducing yourself, your company and objectives in the Vietnamese market place. (references)
	South Africa	South Africans are very punctual, and South African businesspersons make every effort to be on time for appointments. (references)
Women	Bangladesh	Two NGO's lead the effort to counter acid violence: Naripokhkho ("Pro-Woman") and the Acid Survivors' Foundation. (references)
	Guyana	The Women's Leadership Institute, a collaborative effort between the Government and the UNDP, seeks through education and training to facilitate greater women's participation in government and the private sector. (references)
	Indonesia	An August 1999 conference of forensic experts recommended that standard procedures be adopted for examining and taking statements from rape victims, in an effort to improve the successfulness of rape prosecutions. (references)
Worker Rights	France	Several law enforcement agencies are involved in the effort to combat trafficking. (references)
	Brazil	This program is the Government's primary effort to end the worst forms of child labor. (references)
	Haiti	Unions generally were free to pursue their goals, although the Government made little effort to enforce the law. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	MEANDER, n. To proceed sinuously and aimlessly. The word is the ancient name of a river about one hundred and fifty miles south of Troy, which turned and twisted in the effort to get out of hearing when the Greeks and Trojans boasted of their prowess.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dick Cheney	That's right. And what you have to do is also go on offense. We've got to go eliminate the terrorists, and that obviously is the major part of the effort that's under way now, but it takes time.
James Hewitt	I couldn't see her. And the wonderful thing is that there was a great effort made to get mail and that sort of thing to people on the front line. And it made an awful lot of difference. It is extremely good for morale.
Karl Lagerfeld	Then I don't have to make an effort because I see my personal taste based on silent movies, German expressionism, and a little tougher, harsher thing.
King Constantine of Greece	Well, at the moment, I'm in the courts with the Greek government, because they have made every effort to take away my home, and I've been fighting that in the European court of human rights.
Rush Limbaugh	During that visit, Chirac said, "Iraq is in the process of beginning a coherent nuclear program, and France wants to associate herself with that effort in the field of reactors."
Tom Daschle	I'm not going to come to that conclusion yet. I'm going to make our best effort to make my judgment, once that effort has been made. So that decision is a little ways off.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	When we contemplate the war on our frontiers, it may be truly affirmed that every reasonable effort has been made to adjust the causes of dissension with the Indians north of the Ohio.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Among the Romans emancipation required but one effort.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Humanity and national honor demand that every effort should be made to avert so great a calamity.
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	There must be some assurance that effort and endeavor will be followed by success and prosperity.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	Since the end of hostilities, the United States has invested its substance and its energy in a great constructive effort to restore peace, stability, and freedom to the world.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	With the approval of this Congress, we have undertaken in the past year a great new effort in outer space.
Richard Nixon	1969-1974	In my opinion, for us to withdraw from that effort would mean a collapse not only of South Viet-Nam, but Southeast Asia.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	It's an effort that we must all make together.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Some could be enacted quickly if we could join in a serious effort to address this problem.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Our effort to connect every classroom is just the beginning.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Effort" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.99% of the time. "Effort" is used about 7,785 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.99%	7,784	1,243
Total	100.00%	7,785	N/A

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Expressions: Effort

Expressions using "effort": after all effort ♦ all out of effort ♦ area of main effort ♦ best effort ♦ by a joint effort ♦ combined effort ♦ decelerating effort ♦ effort Adjustment Factor ♦ effort to achieve peace ♦ effort to attain independence ♦ exert effort ♦ exert every effort ♦ faint effort ♦ feeble effort ♦ great deal of effort ♦ hourly tractive effort ♦ in an effort to ♦ joint effort ♦ knowledge Sharing Effort ♦ least effort ♦ lift up with great effort ♦ machine effort ♦ maiden effort ♦ main effort ♦ make an effort ♦ make effort ♦ make every effort ♦ maximum effort ♦ mediatory effort ♦ muscular effort ♦ not without effort ♦ pious effort ♦ principal effort ♦ put forth en effort ♦ research effort ♦ retarding effort ♦ sorry effort ♦ spare no effort ♦ tractive effort ♦ tractive effort at hourly rating ♦ waste of effort ♦ with an effort ♦ without effort ♦ work effort. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "effort": effort-driven, effort-either, effort-energy, effort-free, effort-performance-reward, effort-related, effort-reward.
	Ending with "effort": war-effort.
	Containing "effort": level-of-effort munitions.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Effort

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
effort pa	110	best effort	3
effort	49	aids effort louis st	3
team effort	16	effort reporting	3
bali effort relief	14	community effort employee in involve service	3
effort trust	14	disaster relief effort	3
effort zero	7	develop drug effective effort in safe therapie	3
comment effort maigrir sans	6	effort special	3
effort maigrir sans	6	effort indirect	3
effort pennsylvania	6	effort faith good	3
animal companion effort rescue	5	award card effort extra thank	3
davis effort gray recall	5	control effort zero	3
joint effort	4	davis effort recall	3
concerted effort	4	before effort has history in much never so	2
effort quote	4	effort thrombosis	2
the war effort	4	effort fail transformation why	2
d effort test	4	effort form time	2
cook cut effort little make meal short simple surprisingly	4	another as diversity effort essential hrs it management not one perceived pet project that yet	2
best effort offering	4	change effort fail leading transformation why	2
effort tractive	3	effort learning questionnaire student	2
effort humanitarian	3	company effort trust	2
effort level	3	administrative booster confidence context effort outside rewarding their this ultimate	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Effort

Language		Translations for "effort"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		poging (attempt, test), moeite. (various references)

Albanian		tendosje (exertion, strain, straining, stretch, stretching, tension), përpjekje (attempt, crack, drive, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, offer, patience, prolusion, pull, push, skirmish, stroke, try, venture, whack), orvajtje (attempt), mundim (cross, excruciation, hardship, intension, martyrdom, pain, rack, sweat, torment, torture, trouble), arritje (accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, arrival, attainment, reach, success). (various references)

Arabic		جهد (strain, trouble), ‏محاولة الحل, ‏محاولة (assay, attempt, bid, endeavor, endeavour, essay, fling, go, shot, trial, try, whirl), ‏مسعى (attempt, endeavor, endeavour), ‏جهد (dint, exert, exertion, labor, labour, overload, overstrain, overwork, pain, pressure, spirt, spurt, strain, stress, tension, worry), ‏الجهد (potential). (various references)

Bulgarian		старание (application, assiduity, pains, painstaking, study, trouble), усилие (ado, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, intension, push, stab, stress, struggle, trouble), напрежение (electricity, exertion, intension, intensity, press, pressure, push, strain, stress, stretch, suspense, tension, tensity), постижение (accession, accomplishment, achievement, acquest, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, performance). (various references)

Chinese		功夫 (art, kung fu, labor, skill), 努力 (Diligence, Diligent, Endeavor, endeavour, strive, Striven, striving), 承諾 (promise, undertaking), 工夫 (labor, work). (various references)

Czech		snaha (endeavor, endeavour, pursuit, study), pokus (attempt, bid, experiment, shot, test, touch, trial, try, venture), námaha (exertion, labor, labour, pains, strain, sweat), úsilí (drive, pains, push, study). (various references)

Danish		forsøg (attempt). (various references)

Dutch		moeite (attempt), poging (attempt, test). (various references)

Esperanto		peno, klopodo (attempt). (various references)

Faeroese		strev, stríð, ómakur (attempt). (various references)

Farsi		کوشش (Assay, Attempt, Bustle, Endeavor, Fist, Labor, Muss, Scramble, Strain, Stretch, Trial, Try, Tug), تلاش (Endeavor, Muss, Prowl, Quest, Scramble), تقلا (Agony, Bout, Bustle, Exertion, Muss, Scrabble, Scramble, Slog, Strain, Stress, Strife, Tug, Wrestle), سعی (Assay, Endeavor, Put). (various references)

Finnish		yritys (attempt, endeavour, enterprise, trial, undertaking), voimanponnistus (exertion), työ (act, deed, employment, job, labour, task, work), pyrkimys (aspiration, endeavour, tendency), pyrintö (aim, aspiration, endeavour), ponnistus (exertion, strain, take-off), kilvoitus (fight, struggle). (various references)

French		effort, peine. (various references)

German		mühe (attempt, bother, care, hassle, labor, labour, pain, toil, trouble), leistung (accomplishment, achievement, benefit, capacity, feat, merit, obligation, output, payment, performance, power, produce, rating, result, service, showing, work), anstrengung (efforts, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, institution, labor, labour, push, strain, strenuousness, struggle, tension, trouble), versuch (attempt, bid, essay, experiment, go, shot, stab, test, touchdown, trial, try, trying), Aufwand (cost, expenditure, expense, expenses, extravagance, input, lux, luxury, outlay, splendour, state), bemühung (attempt, endeavor, endeavour, endevour). (various references)

Greek		προσπάθεια (attempt, bid, exertion, strain, try). (various references)

Hebrew		מאמץ (endeavour, exertion, strain, stress, struggle), יגיעה (exertion, labour, strain, toil), חתירה (digging, ditch, sabotage, subversion, undermining), התאמצות (endeavour, strain), התחבטות (exertion, struggle), השתדלות (attempt, endeavor, endeavour, intercession). (various references)

Hungarian		törekvés (ambition, aspiration, endeavor, endeavour, intention, pursuit, striving, tenor), fáradozás (pains, trouble, while), erőkifejtés (force), erőfeszítés (endeavoring, exertion, force, push, rope of sand, stress, striving, throw, toil). (various references)

Indonesian		usaha (endeavour, venture), pencobaan (attempt, temptation, testing), kedayaserapan (absorptiveness), ikhtiar (free will, initiative, judgement, means). (various references)

Irish		iarracht (attempt, test). (various references)

Italian		sforzo (attempt, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, push, strain, stress, struggle), fatica (difficulty, endeavour, exertion, fag, fatigue, labor, labour, pain, strain, toil, trouble). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		丹精 (diligence, pains, sincerity, working earnestly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たんせい (cultivation, diligence, graceful, handsome, noble, pains, painting, red and blue, shapely, sigh, sincerity, training, unisexual, working earnestly), どりょく (endeavour, exertion, great effort), ろうりょく (labour, toil, trouble). (various references)

Korean		노력 (Endeavor, Endeavoring, endeavour, striving). (various references)

Manx		eab (attempt, essay, push, trial; try). (various references)

Norwegian		anstrengelse. (various references)

Papiamen		esfuerso (attempt, test). (various references)

Pig Latin		effortay.(various references)

Polish		zabiegi (attempt), staranie (attempt), kłopot (attempt). (various references)

Portuguese		esforço (ado, attempt, campaign, doing, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, fetch, pain, painstaking, strain, straining, struggle, tax, tension, test, work, works). (various references)

Romanian		effort (drive, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, force, labor, labour, pain, pluck, push, strain, stretch, struggle, tug), strãdanie (endeavor, endeavour, labor, labour, painstaking, push, striving, struggle), silinţã (application, diligence, endeavor, endeavour, labor, labour, sedulousness, zeal), sforţare (exertion, heat, strain, stretch), ostenealã (endeavor, endeavour, exertion, exhaustion, fatigue, pain, painstaking, tiredness, trouble), opintire (flounder, heaving), opintealã (exertion), încordare (intension, intensity, strain, straining, stress, tension), încercare (attempt, crack, endeavor, endeavour, essay, experiment, go, hardship, proof, shy, suffering, tempting, tentative, test, trial, try, visitation, whack). (various references)

Russian		усилие (ease down, exertion, lick, push, stress, stretch). (various references)

Scottish		spàirn (an effort, struggle, violent exertion), oidhirp (attempt, endeavour, undertaking). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		napor (dint, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, pull, strain, stress). (various references)

Spanish		esfuerzo (attempt, brunt, courage, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, labor, labour, pull, spirit, strain, stress, stretch, struggle, tax, toil, trouble, vigor, vigour). (various references)

Swedish		bemödande (attempt, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, test), ansträngning (endeavor, endeavour, exertion, fatigue, grueling, gruelling, labor, labour). (various references)

Turkish		eser (achievement, baby, consequence, creation, ghost, handiwork, piece, production, vestige, work), uğraşma (fight, hassle, struggle, tussle, war), girişim (approach, attempt, bid, enterprise, essay, fist, go, initiative, interference, ploy, shot, show, step, trial, undertaking, venture), gayret (Ardor, ardour, assiduity, conation, endeavor, endeavour, energy, enthusiasm, exertion, fervency, fervor, fervour, go, hastiness, industry, intentness, keenness, nerve, pep, push, sedulity, slog, snap, spurt, strenuousness, struggle, studiousness, tug, vim, zeal, zip), deneme (assay, bash, crack, dissertation, essay, experiment, experimentation, fling, go, pilot, practice, probation, proof, proving, shakedown, shot, study, tentative, test, testing, touch, trial, try, try out, whack, workout), başarı (accomplishment, achievement, click, deed, feat, go, hit, joy, performance, prosperity, show, smash, speed, stroke, success, triumph, victory, win), atilim (attempt), çabalama (conation, scramble, struggle), çaba (diligence, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, industry, nerve, push, strenuousness, struggle, try, working, zip). (various references)

Turkmen		tagalla.Turkmen/English Dictionary 86. (various references)

Ukrainian		напруження (dйtente, exertion, intensification, intension, pull, rush, strain, stretch, tension), зусилля (energies, exertion, fetch, nisus, pains, push, stress, strife, struggle, tug), боротьба (battle, campaign, combat, debate, fight, fighting, grapple, strife, struggle, tussle, war, warfare, wrestle, wrestling). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự ráng sức, sự cố gắng (attempt, draw, drawn, drew, endeavour, smite, smitten, smote, trouble). (various references)

Welsh		egni (energy, might), ymgais (attempt), ymdrech (stuggle), ymadferth (exertion), hwb (lift, push), gnif (toil). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Effort

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	apparatus, conamen, conatum, conatus, contentio, contentione, contentionem, contentiones, contentionibus, contentionis, ex-, intentio, labor, labore, laborem, labores, laboribus, laboris, laborum, momenta, momentis, momento, momentum, nixus, opera. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Effort

Derivations
	Words beginning with "effort": effortful, effortfully, effortfulness, effortfulnesses, effortless, effortlessly, effortlessness, effortlessnesses, efforts. (additional references)
	Words ending with "effort": countereffort. (additional references)
	Words containing "effort": counterefforts. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Effort" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Afferty, affort, Beafort, defort, effer, effiet, effoort, effor, efford, effore, efo, efor, efort, enfor, feoffor, ferforth, Hefford, Jeffcott, Kefford, Lefcourt, refort. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Effort"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "effort" (pronounced e"fert)
3	-f er t	comfort, discomfort, Frankfurt.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Effort

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-f-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: fetor, forte, offer, ofter.
	-2 letters: fore, fort, fret, froe, reft, rote, teff, toff, tore, tref.
	-3 letters: eff, eft, fer, fet, foe, for, fro, off, oft, ore, ort, ref, ret, roe, rot, toe, tor.
	-4 letters: ef, er, et, oe, of, or, re, to.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-f-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: coffret, efforts, forfeit, troffer.
	+2 letters: afforest, coffrets, effector, forefeet, forefelt, forefoot, forfeits, tradeoff, troffers, writeoff.
	+3 letters: afforests, affronted, effectors, effortful, forefront, forfeited, forfeiter, forgetful, fortified, fortifier, fortifies, offertory, overstaff, overstuff, refortify, tradeoffs, writeoffs.
	+4 letters: afforested, effortless, effrontery, forefather, forefronts, forfeiters, forfeiting, forfeiture, forklifted, fortifiers, offprinted, overstaffs, overstuffs, reafforest.
	+5 letters: afforesting, effortfully, forefathers, forfeitable, forfeitures, forgetfully, interoffice, offertories, overstaffed, overstuffed, reafforests, refortified, refortifies, unfortified.
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Effort

Definition: Effort

Effort

Noun

Specialty Definition: Effort

Specialty Definition: Work

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Effort

EFFORT

Synonyms: Effort

Synonyms within Context: Effort

Exertion

Crosswords: Effort

Modern Usage: Effort

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Effort

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Effort

Photos:Effort

Computer Images:Effort

Photo Album: Effort

Digital Photo Gallery: Effort

Familiar Quotations: Effort

Elbert Hubbard

Euripides

John Ruskin

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes

Remy De Gourmont

Robert Browning

Samuel Johnson

William James

Historic Usage: Effort

Winston S. Churchill

United Nations

Use in Literature: Effort

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Effort

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Effort

Dick Cheney

James Hewitt

Karl Lagerfeld

King Constantine of Greece

Rush Limbaugh

Tom Daschle

Speeches: Effort

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Andrew Jackson

Calvin Coolidge

Harry S. Truman

John F. Kennedy

Richard Nixon

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

Bill Clinton

Usage Frequency: Effort

Cities: Effort

Expressions: Effort

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Effort

Photos:
Effort

Computer Images:
Effort