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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ef-ert
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛf ərt



Definition of effort

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French effort, noun of action from Old French esforz "force, impetuosity, strength, power," back-formation from esforcier "force out, exert oneself," from Vulgar Latin *exfortiare "to show strength" (source of Italian sforza), from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + Latin fortis "strong" (see fort).
  • Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt. [Ortega y Gasset, 1949]
  • Related: Efforts.
  • noun work, exertion
Example sentences :
  • Making an effort to rise, he seemed surprised at his own weakness.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The effort to make them "disgorge" is as continual as it is noisy, and, as a rule, futile.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • The young girl shrank from the effort, but the elder lady was inflexible.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • The principle involved in this effort is that of conservation.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • To that effort I pledge all my strength and every power of my office.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • He felt his own fist tingle as he returned the effort with interest.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Yet the effort she made, and with success, to restrain the show of her anger, was far from slight.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • There is nothing about the earth-life to make it the only phase of effort and probation.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I made every effort to get relieved from this odious work, but without avail.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • It was not the first time he had known of such an effort on her part to supply him with food.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

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