"effort" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛfət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛfɚt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-effort.ogg [US] Forms: efforts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, deverbal of esforcier (“to force, exert”), from Vulgar Latin *exfortiō, from Latin ex + fortis (“strong”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰerǵʰ-}}, {{der|en|frm|effort}} Middle French effort, {{der|en|fro|esfort}} Old French esfort, {{m|fro|esforcier||to force, exert}} esforcier (“to force, exert”), {{der|en|VL.|*exfortiō}} Vulgar Latin *exfortiō, {{der|en|la|ex}} Latin ex, {{m|la|fortis||strong}} fortis (“strong”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} effort (plural efforts)
  1. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion. Translations (the amount of work involved in achieving something): përpjekje [feminine] (Albanian), جَهْد (jahd) [masculine] (Arabic), جُهْد (juhd) [masculine] (Arabic), مَجْهُود (majhūd) [masculine] (Arabic), سَعْي (saʕy) [masculine] (Arabic), مجهود (maghūd) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ճիգ (čig) (Armenian), ջանք (ǰankʻ) (Armenian), səy (Azerbaijani), cəhd (Azerbaijani), zəhmət (Azerbaijani), намага́нне (namahánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), вы́сілак (výsilak) [masculine] (Belarusian), пату́га (patúha) [feminine] (Belarusian), কোশেশ (kōśeś) (Bengali), মেহনত (mehonot) (Bengali), уси́лие (usílie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), стара́ние (staránie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ဝါယမ (waya.ma.) (Burmese), ဝီရိယ (wiri.ya.) (Burmese), esforç [masculine] (Catalan), ڕەنج (renc) (Central Kurdish), 努力 (nǔlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 費力 (Chinese Mandarin), 费力 (fèilì) (Chinese Mandarin), úsilí [neuter] (Czech), snaha [feminine] (Czech), anstrengelse [common-gender] (Danish), indsats [common-gender] (Danish), inspanning [feminine] (Dutch), klopodo (Esperanto), pingutus (Estonian), ponnistus (Finnish), vaiva (Finnish), yritys (Finnish), effort [masculine] (French), esforzo [masculine] (Galician), მცდელობა (mcdeloba) (Georgian), ძალისხმევა (ʒalisxmeva) (Georgian), ძალვა (ʒalva) (english: technical term) (Georgian), Anstrengung [feminine] (German), Aufwand [masculine] (German), Bemühung [feminine] (German), προσπάθεια (prospátheia) [feminine] (Greek), מַאֲמָץ (ma'amáts) [masculine] (Hebrew), प्रयास (prayās) [masculine] (Hindi), कोशिश (kośiś) [feminine] (Hindi), जतन (jatan) [masculine] (Hindi), erőfeszítés (Hungarian), Aanstrengung [feminine] (Hunsrik), upaya (Indonesian), usaha (Indonesian), effortio (Interlingua), stró [masculine] (Irish), iarracht [feminine] (Irish), sforzo [masculine] (Italian), 努力 (doryoku) (alt: どりょく) (Japanese), жігер (jıger) (Kazakh), күш (küş) (Kazakh), ការខិតខំ (kaa khət khɑm) (Khmer), 노력 (noryeok) (alt: 努力) (Korean), күч (küc) (Kyrgyz), esforso (Ladino), ຄວາມພະຍາຍາມ (Lao), mōlīmen [neuter] (Latin), mōlīmentum [neuter] (Latin), opera [feminine] (Latin), piepūle [feminine] (Latvian), stengimasis [masculine] (Lithuanian), pastanga [feminine] (Lithuanian), напор (napor) [masculine] (Macedonian), manawanuitanga (Maori), kohakoha (Maori), оролдлого (oroldlogo) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), зүтгэл (zütgel) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), djitihadi [class-10, class-9] (Ngazidja Comorian), anstrengelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), innsats [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), تلاش (talâš) (Persian), سعی (sa'y) (Persian), جهد (jahd) (Persian), کوشش (kôšeš) (Persian), Mieej [feminine] (Plautdietsch), Aunstrenjunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), wysiłek [masculine] (Polish), staranie [neuter] (Polish), esforço [masculine] (Portuguese), efort [neuter] (Romanian), solicitare [feminine] (Romanian), уси́лие (usílije) [neuter] (Russian), стара́ние (staránije) [neuter] (Russian), поту́га (potúga) [feminine] (Russian), iomairt [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), на́пор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), тру̑д [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nápor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trȗd [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), úsilie [neuter] (Slovak), snaha [feminine] (Slovak), napor [masculine] (Slovene), esfuerzo [masculine] (Spanish), juhudi (Swahili), ansträngning [common-gender] (Swedish), insats [common-gender] (Swedish), саъй (saʾy) (Tajik), кӯшиш (küšiš) (Tajik), талош (taloš) (Tajik), ҷахд (jaxd) (Tajik), ความพยายาม (kwaam-pá-yaa-yaam) (Thai), çaba (Turkish), ceht (Turkish), efor (Turkish), зуси́лля (zusýllja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), спро́ба (spróba) [feminine] (Ukrainian), намага́ння (namahánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), стара́ння (staránnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), جـﮩد (jahad, jahd) [masculine] (Urdu), کوشش (kośiś) [feminine] (Urdu), جتن (jatan) [masculine] (Urdu), سعی (sa'ī) [feminine] (Urdu), zoʻr berish (Uzbek), jahd (jahd) (Uzbek), saʼy (Uzbek), nỗ lực (alt: 努力) (Vietnamese), אָנשטרענגונג (onshtrengung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-effort-en-noun--hpD2f~S Disambiguation of 'the amount of work involved in achieving something': 80 6 14
  2. An endeavor.
    Sense id: en-effort-en-noun-o8WrFJId
  3. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
    Sense id: en-effort-en-noun-8E7q3z18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: struggle

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛfət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛfɚt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-effort.ogg [US] Forms: efforts [present, singular, third-person], efforting [participle, present], efforted [participle, past], efforted [past]
Etymology: From Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, deverbal of esforcier (“to force, exert”), from Vulgar Latin *exfortiō, from Latin ex + fortis (“strong”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰerǵʰ-}}, {{der|en|frm|effort}} Middle French effort, {{der|en|fro|esfort}} Old French esfort, {{m|fro|esforcier||to force, exert}} esforcier (“to force, exert”), {{der|en|VL.|*exfortiō}} Vulgar Latin *exfortiō, {{der|en|la|ex}} Latin ex, {{m|la|fortis||strong}} fortis (“strong”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} effort (third-person singular simple present efforts, present participle efforting, simple past and past participle efforted)
  1. (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort. Tags: intransitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-effort-en-verb-6yOwADye Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 2 32 54 1 Disambiguation of English terms with collocations: 11 3 30 53 2
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To strengthen, fortify or stimulate Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-effort-en-verb-z~zf-9WI

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2011 June 22, Press Association, “Manchester United offer Park Ji-sung a new two-year contract”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "The 30-year-old South Korean, who joined United in 2005, retired from international duty after last season's Asian Cup in an effort to prolong his club",
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          "ref": "2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "saʕy",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "سَعْي"
        },
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "maghūd",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
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          "word": "مجهود"
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          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "čig",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ճիգ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ǰankʻ",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ջանք"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "səy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "cəhd"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "zəhmət"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "namahánnje",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "намага́нне"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "výsilak",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "вы́сілак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "patúha",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "пату́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "kōśeś",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "কোশেশ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "mehonot",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "মেহনত"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "usílie",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "уси́лие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "staránie",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "стара́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "waya.ma.",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ဝါယမ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "wiri.ya.",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ဝီရိယ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esforç"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nǔlì",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "努力"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "費力"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fèilì",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "费力"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "úsilí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "snaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "anstrengelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "indsats"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "inspanning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "klopodo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "pingutus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ponnistus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "vaiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "yritys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "effort"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esforzo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mcdeloba",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "მცდელობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒalisxmeva",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ძალისხმევა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "english": "technical term",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒalva",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ძალვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Anstrengung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Aufwand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Bemühung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "prospátheia",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "προσπάθεια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ma'amáts",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "מַאֲמָץ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "kośiś",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
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            "feminine"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jatan",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "जतन"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "erőfeszítés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "hrx",
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Aanstrengung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "upaya"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "usaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
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          "word": "effortio"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stró"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "iarracht"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sforzo"
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          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "努力"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "word": "жігер"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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          "word": "күш"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "km",
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          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ការខិតខំ"
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        {
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "노력"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "renc",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ڕەنج"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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          "word": "күч"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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          "lang": "Lao",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ຄວາມພະຍາຍາມ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
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          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "opera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piepūle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stengimasis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pastanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "napor",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "напор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "manawanuitanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "kohakoha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "oroldlogo",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "оролдлого"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "zütgel",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "зүтгэл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
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            "class-9"
          ],
          "word": "djitihadi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anstrengelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "innsats"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "talâš",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "تلاش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sa'y",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "سعی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "jahd",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "جهد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kôšeš",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "کوشش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mieej"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Aunstrenjunk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wysiłek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "staranie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esforço"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "efort"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "solicitare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "usílije",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "уси́лие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "staránije",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "стара́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "potúga",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "поту́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "iomairt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "на́пор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тру̑д"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nápor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trȗd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "úsilie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "snaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "napor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esfuerzo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "juhudi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ansträngning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "insats"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "saʾy",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "саъй"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "küšiš",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "кӯшиш"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "taloš",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "талош"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "jaxd",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ҷахд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kwaam-pá-yaa-yaam",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ความพยายาม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "çaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "ceht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "efor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zusýllja",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "зуси́лля"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "spróba",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "спро́ба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "namahánnja",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "намага́ння"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "staránnja",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ur",
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          "roman": "jahad, jahd",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "جـﮩد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "kośiś",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "کوشش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "jatan",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "جتن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "sa'ī",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "سعی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "zoʻr berish"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
          "code": "uz",
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          "word": "saʼy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
          "word": "nỗ lực"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 6 14",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "אָנשטרענגונג"
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      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "مَجْهُود"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "سَعْي"
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      "roman": "čig",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ճիգ"
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      "roman": "ǰankʻ",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ջանք"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "səy"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "cəhd"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "zəhmət"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "namahánnje",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "намага́нне"
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    {
      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "вы́сілак"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "patúha",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "пату́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "kōśeś",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "কোশেশ"
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mehonot",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "মেহনত"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "usílie",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "уси́лие"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "staránie",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "стара́ние"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "waya.ma.",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ဝါယမ"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "wiri.ya.",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ဝီရိယ"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "esforç"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "nǔlì",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "努力"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "費力"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fèilì",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "úsilí"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "snaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "anstrengelse"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "indsats"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inspanning"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "klopodo"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "pingutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ponnistus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "vaiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "yritys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "effort"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esforzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mcdeloba",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "მცდელობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒalisxmeva",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ძალისხმევა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "english": "technical term",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒalva",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ძალვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anstrengung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufwand"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bemühung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prospátheia",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "προσπάθεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ma'amáts",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַאֲמָץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "prayās",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "प्रयास"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kośiś",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कोशिश"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jatan",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "जतन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "erőfeszítés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aanstrengung"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "upaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "usaha"
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    {
      "code": "ia",
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      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "effortio"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stró"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iarracht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sforzo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どりょく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "doryoku",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "努力"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jıger",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "жігер"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "küş",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "күш"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa khət khɑm",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ការខិតខំ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "努力",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "noryeok",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "노력"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "renc",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ڕەنج"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "küc",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "күч"
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      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "esforso"
    },
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      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ຄວາມພະຍາຍາມ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mōlīmen"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opera"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piepūle"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stengimasis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pastanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "napor",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "manawanuitanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "kohakoha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "oroldlogo",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "оролдлого"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zütgel",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "зүтгэл"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "djitihadi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anstrengelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "innsats"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "talâš",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "تلاش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sa'y",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "سعی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jahd",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "جهد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kôšeš",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "کوشش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mieej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aunstrenjunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wysiłek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "staranie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esforço"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "efort"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "solicitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usílije",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уси́лие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "staránije",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стара́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potúga",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поту́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iomairt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "на́пор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тру̑д"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nápor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trȗd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "úsilie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "snaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "napor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esfuerzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "juhudi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ansträngning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "insats"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "saʾy",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "саъй"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "küšiš",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "кӯшиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "taloš",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "талош"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "jaxd",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ҷахд"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-pá-yaa-yaam",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ความพยายาม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "çaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "ceht"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "efor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zusýllja",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зуси́лля"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spróba",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спро́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "namahánnja",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "намага́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "staránnja",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стара́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "jahad, jahd",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جـﮩد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kośiś",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "کوشش"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "jatan",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sa'ī",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سعی"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "zoʻr berish"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "jahd (jahd)"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "saʼy"
    },
    {
      "alt": "努力",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "word": "nỗ lực"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "onshtrengung",
      "sense": "the amount of work involved in achieving something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אָנשטרענגונג"
    }
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}

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