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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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venture
English
Etymology
Clipping of adventure.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?v?n.t???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?v?n.t???/
- Hyphenation: ven?ture
Noun
venture (plural ventures)
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
- Synonyms: accident, chance, contingency
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- Synonym: stake
Hyponyms
- business venture
- joint venture
Translations
Verb
venture (third-person singular simple present ventures, present participle venturing, simple past and past participle ventured)
- (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- who freights a ship to venture on the seas
- (transitive) To risk or offer.
- (intransitive) to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on
- (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
- (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- (transitive) To say something.
Derived terms
- venture capital
Related terms
- venturesome
- venturous
Translations
Further reading
- venture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- venture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ure
Adjective
venture
- feminine plural of venturo
Noun
venture f
- plural of ventura
Latin
Participle
vent?re
- vocative masculine singular of vent?rus
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