"make an effort" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: makes an effort [present, singular, third-person], making an effort [participle, present], made an effort [participle, past], made an effort [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> an effort}} make an effort (third-person singular simple present makes an effort, present participle making an effort, simple past and past participle made an effort)
  1. To try; to work towards a goal. Synonyms: take pains Translations (to try; to work towards a goal): 力求 (lìqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), 努力 (nǔlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 竭力 (jiélì) (Chinese Mandarin), peni (Esperanto), ponnistella (Finnish), skarpata [slang] (Finnish), faire un effort (French), sich anstrengen (German), הִתְאַמֵּץ (hit'amétz) (Hebrew), הִשְׁתַּדֵּל (hishtadél) (Hebrew), fare uno sforzo (Italian), sforzarsi (Italian), 努力する (doryoku suru) (alt: どりょくする) (Japanese), nītor (Latin), anstrenge seg (Norwegian Bokmål), ta i (Norwegian Bokmål), gjøre sitt beste (Norwegian Bokmål), stå på (Norwegian Bokmål), kallpay (Quechua), пыта́ться (pytátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), попыта́ться (popytátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), стара́ться (starátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), постара́ться (postarátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), де́лать уси́лие (délatʹ usílije) [imperfective] (Russian), сде́лать уси́лие (sdélatʹ usílije) [perfective] (Russian), прилага́ть уси́лие (prilagátʹ usílije) [imperfective] (Russian), приложи́ть уси́лие (priložítʹ usílije) [perfective] (Russian), sapá (Yoruba), gbìyànjú (Yoruba)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
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          "note": "sich Mühe geben (\"sich\" is in the dative case)",
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          "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
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          "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
          "word": "stå på"
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          "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
          "word": "kallpay"
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          "code": "yo",
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          "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
          "word": "sapá"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
      "word": "ponnistella"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
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      "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
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      "word": "ta i"
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      "word": "gjøre sitt beste"
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      "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
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      "sense": "to try; to work towards a goal",
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