Collocations for "effort"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "effort" in context.
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effort
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [joint, global, cooperative] effort
- a [desperate, deliberate, concerted, great] effort
- [good, nice] effort!
- during the rescue effort
- will take a great effort to [win, finish, learn]
- took a team effort to
- took [more, less] effort than I expected
- only took (a) minimal effort
- required a lot of effort (to)
- gave it my best effort
- will make a special effort to
- made a huge effort to
- was a wasted effort
- make an effort to [assure, bond with, ensure, keep]
- make an effort on his behalf
- make an effort by [trying, providing, doing]
- [need, try] to make more of an effort
- didn't even make the effort
- put forth an effort (to)
- expend effort [doing, trying]
- in an effort to [improve, finish, start]
- [despite, in spite of] our best efforts
- the effort [needed, required] to [finish]
- the effort involved in [doing, making, getting]
- it was a [good, decent, reasonable] effort
- one of her [finest, best, most appreciated] efforts
'effort' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
absolutely
- advocacy
- amount
- appreciate
- awareness
- barren
- best
- better
- bold
- compensate
- compliment
- conscientious
- conscious
- considerable
- dedicate
- deliberate
- determined
- devote
- dismal
- doomed
- driven
- earnest
- economy
- embarrassment
- entail
- exert
- feeble
- final
- forced
- forth
- frantic
- frustrated
- futile
- genuine
- gritty
- grunt
- haphazard
- high
- impede
- indeed
- initiative
- joint
- lack
- lazy
- limp
- make
- meaningful
- meaningless
- necessary
- needless