What is efforts

Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence. The remaining one struggled for another half-minute, and flared up in one last, desperate effort. He had seen the act committed, he felt sure but had made no effort whatever to stop the thief.

I shall therefore, in my effort to prove the Bible fallible, quote almost wholly from Christian critics. To make the effort of articulation a vital impulse in response to a mental concept,—this is the object sought.

Make a personal appeal to your men and Godley's to make a supreme effort to hold their ground. New Word List Word List. Save This Word! Chiefly British. See synonyms for effort on Thesaurus.

He failed in his efforts to give up smoking. Critics said the plan would undermine efforts to address the current crisis. He spearheaded efforts to raise money for the school. I can see you have made a big effort to clean up. I have to make a conscious effort to be polite so early in the morning. I make sporadic efforts to sort out my files.

She made a feeble effort to smile, then started crying again. The UN General Secretary flew in in a last-ditch effort to save the talks. The club has changed the rules in an effort to make them fairer. The wound resisted all my efforts to stop it bleeding. I'll make a special effort to finish on time this week.

Students, teachers and families got together in a team effort to decorate the school. Governments are pooling their efforts to stem international terrorism. Writing a book requires a lot of time and effort. Mary put a lot of effort into this project. Nathan controlled his temper with an effort. His first effort in was a collection of short stories.

As smiles went it was a poor effort. Definition and synonyms of effort from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. This is the British English definition of effort. View American English definition of effort. Change your default dictionary to American English. View the pronunciation for effort.

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