made a sincere effort

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• sincere — 01. It has been said that a friend is a person with whom one may be [sincere]. Before him, one may think aloud. 02. Abraham Lincoln once said, If you want to win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his [sincere] friend. 03. I don …   Grammatical examples in English

• effort — noun 1 physical/mental energy needed to do sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable ▪ hard ▪ It took a whole day of hard effort to knock down the wall. ▪ constant, sustained ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• effort — noun 1 PHYSICAL/MENTAL ENERGY (U) the physical or mental energy that is needed to do something: Lou lifted the box without any apparent effort. | take/require effort: It takes a lot of time and effort to get an exhibition ready. | take all the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• effort — n. 1) to make, put forth an effort 2) to redouble one s efforts 3) to spare no effort 4) to foil, stymie, thwart smb. s efforts 5) an abortive; all out, furious, gallant, great, Herculean, heroic, massive, maximum, painstaking, strenuous,… …   Combinatory dictionary

• sin|cere´ness — sin|cere «sihn SIHR», adjective, cer|er, cer|est. 1. free from pretense or deceit; genuine; real; honest: »sincere thanks, to be sincere in one s apologies. He made a sincere effort to pass his exams. SYNONYM( …   Useful english dictionary

• sin|cere´ly — sin|cere «sihn SIHR», adjective, cer|er, cer|est. 1. free from pretense or deceit; genuine; real; honest: »sincere thanks, to be sincere in one s apologies. He made a sincere effort to pass his exams. SYNONYM( …   Useful english dictionary

• sin|cere — «sihn SIHR», adjective, cer|er, cer|est. 1. free from pretense or deceit; genuine; real; honest: »sincere thanks, to be sincere in one s apologies. He made a sincere effort to pass his exams. SYNONYM( …   Useful english dictionary

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