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ef·fort [ˈefət, Am -ɚt] N

1. effort (exertion):

effort
Mühe f <-, -n>
effort
Anstrengung f <-, -en>
despite all my efforts, he is still smoking
trotz all meiner Bemühungen raucht er immer noch
to be worth the effort
die Mühe wert sein
it is an effort [for sb] to do sth
es kostet [jdn] Mühe, etw zu tun
to make an effort [to do sth]
sich acc anstrengen [o. sich dat Mühe geben] [, etw zu tun]

2. effort (trying):

effort
Bemühung f <-, -en>
effort
Bemühen nt <-s> kein pl form
to make an effort [to do sth]
sich acc bemühen [o. sich dat Mühe geben] [, etw zu tun]
to not make any effort to do sth
sich dat nicht die geringste Mühe geben [o. sich acc nicht bemühen] , etw zu tun

3. effort (outcome):

effort
Versuch m <-(e)s, -e>
that's a fairly poor effort
das ist eine ziemlich schwache Leistung

team ˈef·fort N

team effort
Teamarbeit f

ˈwar ef·fort N

war effort
Kriegsanstrengungen pl

effort to diversify N CTRL

effort to diversify
Diversifizierungsbemühung f
OpenDict entry

determined effort N

to make a determined effort to ...
konsequent daran arbeiten, dass ...
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