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effort
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[ noun ] earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
Examples : "made an effort to cover all the reading material" "wished him luck in his endeavor" "she gave it a good try" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Rep._James_Cotten of Weatherford insisted that a water_development bill passed by the Texas House_of_Representatives was an effort by big cities like Dallas and Fort_Worth to cover_up places like Paradise , a Wise_County hamlet of 250 people . Cotten construed this as a veiled effort by Parkhouse to help Dallas and other large cities get money which Cotten felt could better be spent providing water for rural Texas . (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Catcher Frank_House 's throw in an effort to nab Throneberry was wide and in the dirt . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Moritz came to Texas in 1954 but his freshman football efforts were hampered by a knee injury . Ramsey has a thing or two to mutter about himself , for the Dallas defensive unit turned_in another splendid effort against Denver , and the Texans were able to whip the dangerous Broncs without the fullbacking of a top star , Jack_Spikes , though he did the team 's place-kicking while nursing a knee injury . |
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[ noun ] (work) use of physical or mental energy; hard work
Synonyms Examples "he got an A for effort" "they managed only with great exertion" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)For_that_matter , Stan_Musial is rare , possessing the disposition that enabled him to put_out the same for seven managers , reserving his opinions , but not his effort . (Mr. America, 4:6...)It speeds muscle growth and power development even for the advanced bodybuilder because each hip and leg is exercised separately , thus enabling a massive , concentrated effort to be focused_on each . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)In all_of this extensive and expensive effort , the camera was downgraded to the status of recording instrument for art_work produced elsewhere by the actor or by the author . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)That after all his years of effort to become a composer , he should now , now when he was still stoutly replying to the critics of his Discourse_on_the_Arts_and_Sciences , be so close to a success in music and have_to reject it . |
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[ noun ] a notable achievement
Examples : "he performed a great deed" "the book was her finest effort" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)In an effort to fortify himself against the unforeseen upsets sure to arise in the future , Herbert_A._Leggett , banker editor of the Phoenix `` Arizona_Progress '' , reflects upon a_few of the depressing experiences of the feverish fifties . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)But no art at_all was_born of the art effort in the early movies . |
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[ noun ] a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Examples "he supported populist campaigns" "they worked in the cause of world peace" "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant" "the movement to end slavery" |
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