努力 — meaning in English

English meaning

• effort noun Physical or mental energy put into doing something.
• endeavor noun A serious, determined attempt to achieve something.
• strive verb To make a great and sustained effort to achieve something.

Senses

努力 is used for these senses in English:

• effort The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
• endeavor A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
• endeavor (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]
• make an effort To try; to work towards a goal.
• strive To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.

effort — full definition

1. noun Physical or mental energy put into doing something.
2. noun An attempt to achieve something; an endeavor.

endeavor — full definition

1. noun A serious, determined attempt to achieve something.
2. verb To try hard to do something.

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