Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to effort
Participle: efforted
Gerund: efforting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | effort |
| you | effort |
| he;she;it | efforts |
| we | effort |
| you | effort |
| they | effort |
Perfect
| I | have efforted |
| you | have efforted |
| he;she;it | has efforted |
| we | have efforted |
| you | have efforted |
| they | have efforted |
Past
| I | efforted |
| you | efforted |
| he;she;it | efforted |
| we | efforted |
| you | efforted |
| they | efforted |
Pluperfect
| I | had efforted |
| you | had efforted |
| he;she;it | had efforted |
| we | had efforted |
| you | had efforted |
| they | had efforted |
Future
| I | will effort |
| you | will effort |
| he;she;it | will effort |
| we | will effort |
| you | will effort |
| they | will effort |
Future Perfect
| I | will have efforted |
| you | will have efforted |
| he;she;it | will have efforted |
| we | will have efforted |
| you | will have efforted |
| they | will have efforted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | effort |
| you | effort |
| he;she;it | effort |
| we | effort |
| you | effort |
| they | effort |
Perfect
| I | have efforted |
| you | have efforted |
| he;she;it | have efforted |
| we | have efforted |
| you | have efforted |
| they | have efforted |
Imperfect
| I | efforted |
| you | efforted |
| he;she;it | efforted |
| we | efforted |
| you | efforted |
| they | efforted |
Pluperfect
| I | had efforted |
| you | had efforted |
| he;she;it | had efforted |
| we | had efforted |
| you | had efforted |
| they | had efforted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would effort |
| you | would effort |
| he;she;it | would effort |
| we | would effort |
| you | would effort |
| they | would effort |
Perfect
| I | would have efforted |
| you | would have efforted |
| he;she;it | would have efforted |
| we | would have efforted |
| you | would have efforted |
| they | would have efforted |
Imperative
| you | effort |
| we | Let's effort |
| you | effort |
Verbs conjugated like 'effort'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'effort'
efform,
afford,
afform,
effect,
efforce,
effront,
enform,
enhort,
escort,
exhort,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1489, from M.Fr.
effort, noun of action from O.Fr.
esforz, from
esforcier "force out, exert oneself," from V.L.
*exfortiare "to show strength," from L.
ex- "out" +
fortis "strong."
"Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt." [Ortega y Gasset, 1949]
2. From Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, deverbal of esforcier (“to force, exert”), from Vulgar Latin *exfortiō, from Latin ex + fortis (“strong”).
3. Compare typologically Bulgarian усилие (usilie), Czech úsilí, Polish wysiłek, Russian уси́лие (usílije) (< Proto-Slavic *sila).
Sample Sentences
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When old, he lived in London where, being High-minded and Poor, he was exposed to the contempt of disingenuous persons. Yet he efforted his Spirits with a Commemoration of the Days of Old. [1684, Thomas Fuller, G. S., Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and State:]