Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 11 compound words that contain effort. The most common are listed below. Open effort in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- make an effortTo try; to work towards a goal.
- war effortA coordinated mobilisation of a country's resources, both industrial and human, in support of its military forces during a war.
- make every effortTo do one's utmost
- made an effortsimple past and past participle of make an effort
- Best-effort
- Team Effort
- making an effortpresent participle and gerund of make an effort
- center of effortUS standard spelling of centre of effort.
- centre of effortThe point through which the resultant of all the wind forces on a sailing vessel's sails is assumed to act.
- makes an effortthird-person singular simple present indicative of make an effort: To try; to work towards a goal.
- centers of effortplural of center of effort: US standard spelling of centre of effort.
- centres of effortplural of centre of effort: The point through which the resultant of all the wind forces on a sailing vessel's sails is assumed to act.
- spare no effortTo do everything within one's powers to achieve something.
- effort distanceThe distance from the effort on a lever to the fulcrum.
- effort postAlternative form of effortpost: A constructive and meaningful posted message on the Internet.
- effort postsplural of effort post: A constructive and meaningful posted message on the Internet.
- tractive effortthe tractive force that can be generated by a prime mover to pull a load; cardinal examples are a locomotive pulling a train, a semi-tractor pulling a trailer or a tractor pulling a plow.
- effort distancesplural of effort distance: The distance from the effort on a lever to the fulcrum.
- spares no effortthird-person singular simple present indicative of spare no effort: To do everything within one's powers to achieve something.
- spared no effortsimple past of spare no effort
- sparing no effortpresent participle and gerund of spare no effort
- low-effort syndromeThe situation where members of a minority group put in only minimal effort (e.g. in school) since they believe that discrimination will in any case doom them to failure.
Compound words 11
- effortfulRequiring or showing effort.
- effortpostA constructive and meaningful posted message on the Internet.
- countereffortAn effort made in opposition to another.
- effortlessWithout effort.
- effortfullyIn an effortful manner: with effort.
- effortfulnesssubjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity
- effortpostedsimple past and past participle of effortpost
- effortposterA person who makes constructive or meaningful posts on the Internet.
- effortpostersplural of effortposter: A person who makes constructive or meaningful posts on the Internet.
- effortpostingpresent participle and gerund of effortpost