effort
31effort — nm. ; mouvement pénible ; mouvement pouvant engendrer une hernie ou un claquage de muscle : èfoo (Albanais.001), èfôr (Marthod), éfor (Albertville.BRA.), éfô(r) (Annecy, Vaulx | Leschaux.006, Thônes), éfour (Samoëns). A1) gros effort à fournir,… …
32effort — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French esforz, esfort, from esforcier to force, from ex + forcier to force Date: 15th century 1. conscious exertion of power ; hard work < a job requiring time and effort > 2. a serious attempt ; try <… …
33effort — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. exertion, endeavor; strain, stress, attempt; achievement; informal, push. See action. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of striving] Syn. exertion, endeavor, industry, labor, pains, trouble, force, toil …
34effort — noun 1) they made an effort to work together Syn: attempt, try, endeavor; informal crack, shot, stab; formal essay 2) his score was a fine effort Syn: achievement, accomplishment, attainment, result, feat; …
35effort — noun 1) an effort to work together Syn: attempt, try, endeavour; informal shot, stab, bash 2) a fine effort Syn: achievement, accomplishment, feat, undertaking, enterprise, w …
36effort — /ˈɛfət / (say efuht) noun 1. exertion of power, physical or mental: an effort to reform. 2. an attempt: *It was a good effort but unconvincing. –harold lewis, 1973. 3. something done by exertion; an achievement, as in literature or art. 4.… …
37effort — Cumbrian Dictionary (pronoun. effort) thing, generally derogatory, e.g. Deek at that effort, eh ! = Look at that thing, its not very good is it ! …
38effort — [15] Etymologically, effort is the ‘putting out’ or ‘showing’ of ‘force’. It comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and the adjective fortis ‘strong’. This passed into Old French as… …
39effort — Mental or physical energy used to achieve a purpose; self discipline. A person s exertions to reach a particular goal or overcome particular difficulty. At minimum, effort is attempting to accomplish something. Sometimes an effort is… …
40effort — [15] Etymologically, effort is the ‘putting out’ or ‘showing’ of ‘force’. It comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and the adjective fortis ‘strong’. This passed into Old French as… …
