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Effort
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- 1 The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
"make an effort"
- 2 a notable achievement wordnet
- 3 An endeavor.
"Although he didn't win any medals, Johnson's effort at the Olympics won over many fans."
- 4 use of physical or mental energy; hard work wordnet
- 5 A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
"the two bodies between which the effort acts"
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- 6 earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something wordnet
- 7 a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end wordnet
- 1 To make an effort. intransitive, uncommon
- 2 To strengthen, fortify or stimulate obsolete, transitive
"When old, he lived in London where, being High-minded and Poor, he was exposed to the contempt of disingenuous persons. Yet he efforted his Spirits with a Commemoration of the Days of Old."
Etymology
From Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, deverbal of esforcier (“to force, exert”), from Vulgar Latin *exfortiō, from Latin ex + fortis (“strong”). Compare typologically Bulgarian усилие (usilie), Czech úsilí, Polish wysiłek, Russian уси́лие (usílije) (< Proto-Slavic *sila).
From Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, deverbal of esforcier (“to force, exert”), from Vulgar Latin *exfortiō, from Latin ex + fortis (“strong”). Compare typologically Bulgarian усилие (usilie), Czech úsilí, Polish wysiłek, Russian уси́лие (usílije) (< Proto-Slavic *sila).
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