collective effort
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2.9
- noun
- /kəˈlɛktɪv ˈɛfərt/
:
esfuerzo colectivo
- 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
Here 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
∞
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
To work together as a group to reach a shared goal
To work with others to reach a shared goal
An action done together by several people to reach the same goal
All members take part in an activity or decision together
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'.