Antonyms for effort
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ef-ert |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛf ərt |
Definition of effort
Origin :- late 15c., from Middle French effort, noun of action from Old French esforz "force, impetuosity, strength, power," back-formation from esforcier "force out, exert oneself," from Vulgar Latin *exfortiare "to show strength" (source of Italian sforza), from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + Latin fortis "strong" (see fort).
- Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt. [Ortega y Gasset, 1949]
- Related: Efforts.
- noun work, exertion
- Making an effort to rise, he seemed surprised at his own weakness.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- The effort to make them "disgorge" is as continual as it is noisy, and, as a rule, futile.
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- The young girl shrank from the effort, but the elder lady was inflexible.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- The principle involved in this effort is that of conservation.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- To that effort I pledge all my strength and every power of my office.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- He felt his own fist tingle as he returned the effort with interest.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Yet the effort she made, and with success, to restrain the show of her anger, was far from slight.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- There is nothing about the earth-life to make it the only phase of effort and probation.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- I made every effort to get relieved from this odious work, but without avail.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- It was not the first time he had known of such an effort on her part to supply him with food.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
Synonyms for effort
- 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
- intention
- job
- labor
- old college try
- pains
- power
- product
- production
- pull
- purpose
- push
- resolution
- shot
- spurt
- stab
- strain
- stress
- stretch
- strife
- striving
- struggle
- sweat
- tension
- toil
- training
- travail
- trial
- trouble
- try
- tug
- undertaking
- venture
- whack
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