effort

  • 11Effort — (fr., spr. Effohr), Anstrengung, Nachdruck, Kraft; daher Efforciren, sich anstrengen …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 12Effort — (franz., spr. fōr), Anstrengung; sich einen E. oder Efforts geben, sich anstrengen …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 13effort — [n] work, exertion accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack*, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease*, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling*, force, go*, industry,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 14effort — ► NOUN 1) a vigorous or determined attempt. 2) strenuous physical or mental exertion. DERIVATIVES effortful adjective. ORIGIN French, from Latin ex out + fortis strong …

    English terms dictionary

  • 15effort — (è for ; le t ne se lie pas : un è for inattendu ; au plur. l s ne se lie pas : des è for inattendus ; cependant quelques uns la lient : des è for z inattendus) s. m. 1°   Contraction musculaire qui a pour objet, soit de résister à une puissance …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 16effort — noun 1 physical/mental energy needed to do sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable ▪ hard ▪ It took a whole day of hard effort to knock down the wall. ▪ constant, sustained ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 17EFFORT — s. m. Emploi plus qu ordinaire des forces physiques ou morales. Grand effort. Léger effort. Faire le dernier effort. Vain effort. Effort inutile. Employer tous ses efforts. Il en est venu à bout sans beaucoup d efforts. Faire beaucoup d efforts,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 18effort */*/*/ — UK [ˈefə(r)t] / US [ˈefərt] noun Word forms effort : singular effort plural efforts Metaphor: When you put a lot of effort into doing something, it is like using a part of your body. Does she have the backbone to stand up to them? Or will she… …

    English dictionary

  • 19effort — ef|fort W1S1 [ˈefət US ˈefərt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(physical/mental energy)¦ 2¦(attempt)¦ 3 be an effort 4¦(particular situation)¦ 5 good/bad/poor etc effort ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: esfort, from esforcier to force ] 1.) …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20effort — noun 1 PHYSICAL/MENTAL ENERGY (U) the physical or mental energy that is needed to do something: Lou lifted the box without any apparent effort. | take/require effort: It takes a lot of time and effort to get an exhibition ready. | take all the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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