effort

effort
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, work, application, energy, travail, struggle, striving, attempting, stress, pull, stretch, push, strain, tension, tug, sweat, sweat of one's brow, toil and trouble, elbow grease*.
Ant. ease, carelessness*, sloth.
2. [An instance of effort, sense 1]
Syn. attempt, try, bid, endeavor, enterprise, undertaking, struggle, battle, trial, spurt, essay, venture, aim, purpose, resolution, exercise, discipline, drill, training, crack*, stab*, shot*, go*, whirl*, the old college try*.
Syn.- effort implies a conscious attempt to achieve a particular end [ make some effort to be friendly ] ; exertion implies an energetic, vigorous use of power, strength, etc., often without reference to any particular end [ she feels faint after any exertion] ; endeavor suggests an earnest, sustained attempt to accomplish a particular, usually meritorious, end [ a life spent in the endeavor to do good ] ; ?pains suggests a laborious, diligent attempt [ to take pains with one's work ]
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. exertion strain, output, work, trouble, application, muscle, toil, pain, *elbow grease, stress, sweat.
2. attempt try, endeavor, venture, *go.
3. achievement feat, creation, accomplishment.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The use of energy to do something: endeavor, exertion, pain (used in plural), strain1, striving, struggle, trouble, while. Informal: elbow grease. See WORK. 2. A difficult or tedious undertaking: chore, task. Informal: job. See HEAVY, WORK. 3. A trying to do or make something: attempt, crack, endeavor, essay, go, offer, stab, trial, try. Informal: shot. Slang: take. Archaic: assay. See TRY. 4. Something completed or attained successfully: accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, feat. See DO.

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • effort — late 15c., from M.Fr. effort, noun of action from O.Fr. esforz force, impetuosity, strength, power, back formation from esforcier force out, exert oneself, from V.L. *exfortiare to show strength (Cf. It. sforza), from L. ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Effort — (fr., spr. Effohr), Anstrengung, Nachdruck, Kraft; daher Efforciren, sich anstrengen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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