Synonym: attempt, endeavor, fling, try, undertaking. Similar words: afford to, can afford, effect, efficacy, in effect, efficient, take effect, efficiency. Meaning: ['efət] 
n. 1. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something 2. use of physical or mental energy; hard work 3. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end 4. a notable achievement.
n. 1. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something 2. use of physical or mental energy; hard work 3. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end 4. a notable achievement. 
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1. Bitter pills may have wholesome effort. 
2. It takes a lot of thought and effort and downright determination to be agreeable.
3. The invention is a collective effort.
4. We should spare no effort to beautify our environment.
5. You should put more effort into your work.
6. He made no effort to hide his disappointment.
7. With an effort, he restrained himself.
8. The report was a joint effort .
9. What you need is a little more effort.
10. The little boy made no effort to obey.
11. I decided to make one more effort.
12. You expend so much effort for so little return.
13. Greek warriors took the fortress with little effort.
14. It was a waste of effort.
15. You should put a little more effort into it.
16. With effort she managed to stop herself laughing.
17. We have made a conscious effort to devolve responsibility.
18. They only made a perfunctory effort.
19. He lifted up the rock without effort.
20. The girl's earnest effort counterbalanced her slowness at learning.
21. Can you steel yourself for yet more effort?
22. His success is in proportion to his effort.
23. The couple made every effort to satisfy their son.
24. Lou lifted the box easily,(sentence dictionary) without using much effort.
25. It required superhuman effort to lift the huge boulder.
26. The work doesn't need much effort.
27. All my effort went down the drain.
28. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money ; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
29. I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort.
30. Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort.
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