effort
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈɛfərt/
:
esfuerzo
- She put in a lot of effort to complete the project on time.
- make an effort
- require effort
- put in effort
It's taking up lots of time and effort and money.
- It's taking up lots of time and effort and money.
- You spend so much money and time and effort on staying young.
- Normal breathing, no effort to control the breath.
- Time compounded by energy and effort equals outcome.
- This whole ship sails faster with less effort and less friction.
- I've already committed too much effort to opening this sucker.
- Why all this effort if the people don't care?
- You would be stunned how little effort it takes to see benefit.
- Large amplitude peaks in dopamine that don't require effort are dangerous.
- We think it's just too much effort to educate ourselves.
- It all creates work and effort and quite frankly, lots of fees.
Examples
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But sometimes, even when we're trying to do good, our efforts can have serious negative effects.
Academic text (2011) -
You spend so much money and time and effort on staying young.
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It's taking up lots of time and effort and money.
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But the question is, will we make the effort or not?
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Going to take a bit of an effort to get these on.
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So that would take effort in research, right?
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Thank you for taking the effort to make a record.
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The truth does not come without a tax of effort.
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Well, thanks for the effort.
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I like to make an effort in all my endeavours.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A try to do something, often when it is difficult
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1.0
An attempt to do something
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1.6
A lot of steady effort to achieve something difficult
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4.1
A determined attempt to do something difficult
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2.3
Hard work that needs a lot of effort
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5.0
Strong physical or mental effort that makes you tired
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3.4
Hard, careful effort to do a task or learn something
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8.8
Hard work that needs a lot of effort and causes pain
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3.5
A strong effort to reach a goal
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
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2.7
The act of putting all your energy and attention into doing something
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Effort comes from an old French word and the Latin root fort meaning 'strong', so an effort is using your 'strength' or energy to try to do something.