effort

IPA: ˈɛfɝt

noun

  • The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
  • An endeavor.
  • A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.

verb

  • (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
  • (obsolete, transitive) To strengthen, fortify or stimulate
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Examples of "effort" in Sentences

  • Our number one mission in this effort is to be historic.
  • By the _result_ of our effort, or by the _effort itself_?
  • "The main effort is now being concentrated on the Raba and the Danube," he said.
  • The write-in effort is a grassroots one of thousands of DC voters, so I'm sure there will be different reactions.
  • This effort is also no doubt timed to lessen the impact of the March on Washington scheduled for the very next day.
  • While Paterson's pardon panels would not change the way immigration courts are run, the effort is arguably a push to add a bit of discretion back into the system.
  • Anticipating what he called an effort to "blame the victim," Assistant District Attorney Brian Weinberg said the evidence in the trial will show the case isn't about politics.
  • And at the center of their effort is the director, Fish, who seems a more agreeable version of the finicky, exasperated comedian Larry David, whom he resembles, right down to the CurbYour Enthusiasm logo on the baseball cap he wears pulled down to his eyebrows.
  • Claessens, who has been scanning with a group of his students since the “Aves 3D” project got under way in August, said much of the effort is aimed at disarticulated bones of specimens, so that the scanner can image the entire bone, including the ends and surfaces that might not be accessible in an assembled specimen.

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