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100 percent effort

100 percent effort

1 2.7
The act of putting all your energy and attention into doing something
  • noun
  • Informal
translation icon : esfuerzo al cien por ciento
  • This book is going to tell you to give 100 percent effort in your day-to-day actions and make certain you put in a real full day of work every day.
  • make a 100 percent effort

Examples

  • To succeed in this competition, you must give 100 percent effort to achieve your goals.

  • Netanyahu is wrong when he says that "peace means the absence of violence"—but Israel has every right to expect 100 percent effort.

    Academic text (1996)

  • I can't say it in the paper—basically I'm going to be in your grill every day you don't give 100 percent effort,'" Candaele said that night.

    Blog text (10)

  • The coach emphasized that winning requires 100 percent effort from every team member.

  • She knew that to earn the best grades, she had to invest 100 percent effort in her studies.

Synonyms

best effort
vs100 percent effort
22 2.4

A strong attempt someone makes to succeed at something

needs wholehearted work and leaves nothing in reserve
full commitment
vs100 percent effort
1 3.5

Putting all your time and effort into a task

stresses both relentless hard work and leaving nothing in reserve
a hundred and ten percent
vs100 percent effort
  • Informal
6.7

To give more effort than seems possible

means total commitment and hard work but not beyond the maximum
darnedest effort
vs100 percent effort
  • Informal
7.5

The hardest effort someone can give

describes full effort without the casual or playful wording

Antonyms

half-hearted
11 4.8

Showing little interest or effort

least effort
1 3.4

The smallest amount of work needed to do something

How Hard

100 percent effort
  • Informal
1 2.7
best effort
22 2.4
effort
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

100 percent effort singular
100 percent efforts plural

Morphology

100 + percent + effort

The meaning is directly compositional: '100 percent' signals the total or complete amount and 'effort' is work or attempt, so a learner who knows those words can infer 'complete commitment or hard work'. This numeric + noun construction is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so it should be immediately understandable to B1 learners.

Etymology

100 Percent effort paints a clear picture: imagine a progress bar or gauge filled to 100 percent and all your effort poured in until nothing is left, so it means 'complete commitment' or 'hard work' with nothing in reserve.