Effort

English

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Etymology

From Old French esfort, from esforcier (“‘to force, exert’”), from Medieval Latin exfortare, from Latin ex + fortis (“‘strong’”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɛfət/, SAMPA: /"Ef@t/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈɛfɚt/, SAMPA: /"Ef@`t/

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Noun

Singular Effort

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1. The amount of work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
2. An endeavour.

Usage notes

• Attributes: conscious, etc.

Translations

the amount of work involved in achieving something

Armenian: ճիգ hy(hy) (č̣ig), ջանք hy(hy) (ǰank’) Croatian: nápor hr(hr) m., trȗd hr(hr) m. Czech: úsilí cs(cs) n. Dutch: inspanning nl(nl) Finnish: ponnistus, vaiva, yritys German: Anstrengung de(de) f., Aufwand de(de) m. Hebrew: Template:He-translation m. Hungarian: erőfeszítés hu(hu)

Italian: sforzo it(it) m. Kurdish: ڕه‌نج Polish: wysiłek pl(pl) m. Portuguese: esforço pt(pt) m. Scottish Gaelic: iomairt gd(gd) f. Spanish: esfuerzo es(es) m. Swahili: juhudi sw(sw) Swedish: Ansträngning, Insats

endeavour — see endeavour

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Spanish: ahínco m.

Verb

Infinitive to Effort

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to Effort (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. Template:Uncommon To make an effort.

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French

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Noun

Effort m. (plural Efforts)

1. Effort

Derived terms

• efforcer

Anagrams

• effort,
• offert

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