Definitions for effort

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effort ef·fort

Spelling: [ef-ert]

IPA: /ˈɛf ərt/

Effort is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in effort (effort).

Definitions for effort

noun

1. exertion of physical or mental power:
2. an earnest or strenuous attempt:
3. something done by exertion or hard work:
4. an achievement, as in literature or art:
5. the amount of exertion expended for a specified purpose:
6. Chiefly British. an organized community drive or achievement. a fund-raising drive.
7. Mechanics. the force or energy that is applied to a machine for the accomplishment of useful work.

Origin of effort

1480-90; Middle French; Old French esfort, esforz, derivative of esforcier to force (es- ex-¹ + forcier to force)

Examples for effort

The principle involved in this effort is that of conservation.

Making an effort to rise, he seemed surprised at his own weakness.

In an effort to gain early attention, he focused his attention on the Iowa precinct caucuses, which had never mattered much.

The young girl shrank from the effort, but the elder lady was inflexible.

He felt his own fist tingle as he returned the effort with interest.

Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.

As part of that effort, Said received weapons training for months, sources told The Daily Beast.

The effort to sterilize his image first began when Epstein hired Los Angeles-based spin doctors Sitrick Co.

The effort to make them "disgorge" is as continual as it is noisy, and, as a rule, futile.

He was then literally slapped around by the high priest, who pulled on his ears in an effort to produce tears.