efforts
EF-urts/ˈɛfɚts/UKEF-uhts/ˈɛfəts/
- 1Plural of effort.
Relief efforts continued for weeks after the earthquake struck.
Her tireless efforts on the campaign earned widespread recognition.
Note
Only one side of effort can be pluralized. As exertion it is uncountable: it took effort, not it took efforts. As an endeavor it counts, and the plural gathers several attempts or a coordinated campaign, as in relief efforts, diplomatic efforts, fundraising efforts. The same spelling is also the third-person present of the uncommon verb to effort, meaning to make an effort, though few readers will meet it.
efforts is a form of effort
effort, noun: An attempt or undertaking aimed at achieving something. Full entry
- Forms
- effortefforts plural
- Spelling
- effort → efforts: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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