effort meaning
EN
[ˈɛfət] [ˈɛfɚt] 
US WEffort
- Effort may refer to:
- Effort, Pennsylvania, a CDP in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
- Effortfulness, the subjective experience of exertion when performing an activity
FR effort 
- NounPLefforts
- The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
- It took a lot of effort to find a decent-sized, fully-furnished apartment within walking distance of the office.   He made a conscious effort to not appear affected by the stories in the paper.
- An endeavour.
- Although he didn't win any medals, Johnson's effort at the Olympics won over many fans.
- A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
- The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
- VerbSGeffortsPReffortingPT, PPefforted
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- But, somewhat against the run of play, Craddock fired the visitors ahead, volleying a low effort beyond Simon Mignolet after Sunderland twice failed to clear attempted crosses from Stephen Hunt.
- Children may act up in class in an effort to get attention.
- Sutton and David Templeton both had efforts just off target as Hearts' tactics of high-tempo, pressing football ruffled the English side's feathers.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- It seems like a paradox, people whose job it is to be unobtrusive or semiobtrusive honoring themselves for their efforts.
- I number several authors among my aquaintance [...] and they invariably become all of a doodah when they read a stinker in the press about their latest effort.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of effort in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
- fr effort
- en efforts
- fr efforts
- en effortless
- en effortlessly
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "effort" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.