collective effort
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2.9
- noun
- /kəˈlɛktɪv ˈɛfərt/
- Of course, it will never come without collective efforts, including those from the international community.
- individual and collective effort
- requires collective effort
- collective efforts to develop
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Watch on YouTubeHere we are today in Tapa, where we can witness the real collective efforts and commitment of NATO.
- Here we are today in Tapa, where we can witness the real collective efforts and commitment of NATO.
- I feel like it is more a collective move and a collective effort.
- Partially it came about because of a scene, because of a collective effort, right?
- First of all, I, it is a collective effort.
- This is because of the heroic collective efforts and sacrifice the people of London elsewhere, the NE, it's, it's flattening.
Examples
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The community organized a collective effort to clean up the park and plant new trees.
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The process is collaborative: teachers demonstrate a belief that collective efforts can improve their teaching.
Academic text (2005) -
Many of the actions will require the collective efforts of all members of the association.
Academic text (2009) -
Indeed, it was a remarkable collective effort by the nations involved.
Academic text (1994) -
Science has been a collective effort by the human race to understand the universe in which we live.
Academic text (1996) -
However, in recent memory, there is one example that shows collective efforts can succeed.
Blog text (22) -
Often, collective efforts fail because relationships have to be developed and connections made from scratch.
Academic text (2005) -
Changing the status quo in schools requires the collective efforts of teachers.
Academic text (1992) -
The collective efforts of everyone embracing reading and literacy will only hasten achievement.
Academic text (2014) -
But she also stresses that irrigation requires concerted, cooperative, collective effort; it is not the product of the isolated farmstead.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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1.3
An organized activity by people to achieve a specific goal
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2.5
Working together with other people to reach a common goal
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4.0
Working together with others to reach a shared goal
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1.8
People working together and helping each other to reach a common goal
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3.4
An action done together by several people to reach the same goal
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2.8
All members take part in an activity or decision together
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3.4
To work together as a group to reach a shared goal
To work with others to reach a shared goal
Antonyms
How Collective
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally built from 'collective' (done by a group) + 'effort' (actions toward a goal), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer ‘work done together by a group’. This is a transparent, cross-linguistically common noun phrase pattern and follows straightforward adjective + noun composition, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
The noun collective effort gives a clear picture: imagine many people pushing a heavy cart, each person's effort helping the whole load move. That's why it means 'work or action done together by a group'.