[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

effort \ef"fort\, n. f. effort, of. esfort, for esfors, esforz,
   fr. esforcier. see efforce.
   1. an exertion of strength or power, whether physical or
      mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more
      or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the
      accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a
      wall.
      1913 webster

            we prize the stronger effort of his power. --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. mech. a force acting on a body in the direction of its
      motion. --rankine.

   syn: endeavor; exertion; struggle; strain; straining;
        attempt; trial; essay. see attempt.
        1913 webster
see also:
efforce attempt 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

effort \ef"fort\, v. t.
   to stimulate. obs. "he efforted his spirits." --fuller.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

effort
     n 1: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or
          accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the
          reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor";
          "she gave it a good try" syn: attempt, endeavor, endeavour,
           try
     2: use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an a
        for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" syn:
         elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat
     3: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward
        a particular end; "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"; "contributed to the war effort" syn: campaign,
         cause, crusade, drive, movement
     4: a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the
        book was her finest effort" syn: deed, feat, exploit
see also:
attempt endeavor endeavour try elbow grease exertion 
travail sweat campaign cause crusade 
drive movement deed feat exploit 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

137 moby thesaurus words for "effort":
   accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action,
   ad hoc measure, adventure, affair, answer, application, approach,
   artifice, assay, attainment, attempt, bid, blow, business, chore,
   commitment, contract, contrivance, countermove, coup,
   course of action, crack, creation, deal, dealings, deed, demarche,
   determination, device, dodge, doing, doings, elbow grease,
   endeavor, energy, engagement, enterprise, essay, exertion,
   expedient, experiment, exploit, fait accompli, feat, fling, force,
   gambit, gest, gimmick, go, hand, handiwork, hard pull,
   improvisation, job, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, labor,
   last expedient, last resort, last shift, lick, long pull,
   makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, might, might and main, move,
   muscle, nerve and sinew, obligation, offer, operation, overt act,
   pains, passage, performance, pis aller, plan, power, proceeding,
   production, program, project, proposition, puissance, res gestae,
   resolution, resort, resource, shake-up, shift, shot, solution,
   stab, step, stopgap, strain, stratagem, striving, stroke,
   stroke of policy, strong bid, struggle, stunt, tactic, task,
   temporary expedient, tentative, thing, thing done, toil,
   tour de force, transaction, travail, trial, trial and error, trick,
   trouble, trump, try, turn, undertaking, venture, whack, while,
   work, working hypothesis, working proposition, works

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

effort, pa
  zip codes: 18330

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