effort

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛfət/, SAMPA: /"Ef@t/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛfɚt/, SAMPA: /"Ef@`t/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ef‧fort

Noun

Singular effort

Plural efforts

1. The amount of work that is done on something.

   A great amount of effort was put into this event; we had over 4,000 visitors.

   You should put more effort into your work.

Related words

• effortless
• effortlessly