'Effort' definitions:
Definition of 'effort'
From: WordNet
noun
Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" [syn: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try]
noun
Use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" [syn: effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat]
noun
A notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort" [syn: feat, effort, exploit]
noun
A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort]
Definition of 'Effort'
From: GCIDE
- Effort \Ef"fort\, n. [F. effort, OF. esfort, for esfors, esforz, fr. esforcier. See Efforce.]
- 1. An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall. [1913 Webster]
- We prize the stronger effort of his power. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mech.) A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion. --Rankine.
- Syn: Endeavor; exertion; struggle; strain; straining; attempt; trial; essay. See Attempt. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Effort'
From: GCIDE
- Effort \Ef"fort\, v. t. To stimulate. [Obs.] "He efforted his spirits." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'effort'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplished fact,
- accomplishment,
- achievement,
- act,
- acta,
- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- adventure,
- affair,
- answer,
- application,
- approach,
- artifice,
- assay,
- attainment,
- attempt,
- bid,
- blow,
- business,
- chore,
- commitment,
- contract,
- contrivance,
- countermove,
- coup,
- course of action,
- crack,
- creation,
- deal,
- dealings,
- deed,
- demarche,
- determination,
- device,
- dodge,
- doing,
- doings,
- elbow grease,
- endeavor,
- energy,
- engagement,
- enterprise,
- essay,
- exertion,
- expedient,
- experiment,
- exploit,
- fait accompli,
- feat,
- fling,
- force,
- gambit,
- gest,
- gimmick,
- go,
- hand,
- handiwork,
- hard pull,
- improvisation,
- job,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- labor,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- lick,
- long pull,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- might,
- might and main,
- move,
- muscle,
- nerve and sinew,
- obligation,
- offer,
- operation,
- overt act,
- pains,
- passage,
- performance,
- pis aller,
- plan,
- power,
- proceeding,
- production,
- program,
- project,
- proposition,
- puissance,
- res gestae,
- resolution,
- resort,
- resource,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- shot,
- solution,
- stab,
- step,
- stopgap,
- strain,
- stratagem,
- striving,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- strong bid,
- struggle,
- stunt,
- tactic,
- task,
- temporary expedient,
- tentative,
- thing,
- thing done,
- toil,
- tour de force,
- transaction,
- travail,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trick,
- trouble,
- trump,
- try,
- turn,
- undertaking,
- venture,
- whack,
- while,
- work,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition,
- works