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effort
English
Etymology
From Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, deverbal of esforcier (“to force, exert”), from Vulgar Latin *exforti?, from Latin ex + fortis (“strong”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??f?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??f?t/
Noun
effort (plural efforts)
- The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
- An endeavor.
- A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
- 1858, Macquorn Rankine, Manual of Applied Mechanics
- the two bodies between which the effort acts
- 1858, Macquorn Rankine, Manual of Applied Mechanics
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "effort": conscious, good, poor, etc.
Synonyms
- struggle
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
effort (third-person singular simple present efforts, present participle efforting, simple past and past participle efforted)
- (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
- (obsolete, transitive) To strengthen, fortify or stimulate
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French esfort, from esforcier; morphologically, deverbal of efforcer. Compare Spanish esfuerzo, Catalan esforç, Portuguese esforço, Italian sforzo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.f??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
effort m (plural efforts)
- effort
Derived terms
- loi du moindre effort
Related terms
- efforcer
Descendants
- ? Romanian: efort
Further reading
- “effort” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- offert
Middle French
Etymology
Old French.
Noun
effort m (plural effors)
- strength; might; force
- (military) unit; division
References
- effort on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Noun
effort m (oblique plural efforz or effortz, nominative singular efforz or effortz, nominative plural effort)
- Alternative form of esfort
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meliorism
English
Etymology
From Latin melior (“better”) +? -ism. Reportedly coined by British author George Eliot in her letters, published in 1877.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mi?l????z(?)m/
Noun
meliorism (countable and uncountable, plural meliorisms)
- The view or doctrine that the world can be improved through human effort (often understood as an intermediate outlook between optimism and pessimism). [from 19th c.]
- 1966 May 6, "Forever Beginning," Time:
- At the convention, the official mood was traditional Methodist meliorism.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 371:
- Enclaves of meritocratic and virtuous sociability, the lodges exuded […] a thoroughgoing meliorism.
- 1966 May 6, "Forever Beginning," Time:
Derived terms
- meliorist
- melioristic
- melioristically
Translations
References
- “meliorism” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "meliorism" at Rhymezone (Datamuse, 2006)
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert D. Runes (editor), Philosophical Library, 1962; see: "Meliorism" by Archie J. Bahm, page 195
Romanian
Etymology
From French méliorisme
Noun
meliorism n (uncountable)
- meliorism
Declension
meliorism From the web:
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- what dies meliorism meaning
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- what is meliorism in a sentence
- what is social meliorism
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