Collocations for effort - noun

considerable
hard
It took a whole day of hard effort to knock down the wall.

constant, sustained
extra
minimal
an outfit which enables you to look good with minimal effort

wasted
physical
intellectual, mental

amount
the amount of effort required

demand, need, require, take
It takes constant effort to become fluent in a language.

devote, exert, expend, invest, put in
All the team members have put in a great deal of effort.

waste
spare no
No effort has been spared to make this hotel a welcoming, comfortable place.

be worth
The walk is difficult but well worth the effort.

go into
A lot of effort went into making the costumes.

with effort, without effort
This can be done quickly and with very little effort.

a great deal of effort
time and effort
Senior leaders are investing time and effort in studying the issue.
The staff spent considerable time and effort developing a national policy.

ambitious, big, enormous, great, Herculean, huge, major, massive, remarkable, special, tremendous
I can see you have made a big effort to clean up.

brave, heroic, superhuman, valiant
all-out, concentrated, determined, strenuous, tireless
painstaking
desperate, frantic
their frantic efforts to put out the fire

final, last, last-ditch
The UN General Secretary flew in in a last-ditch effort to save the talks.

continuing, ongoing, sustained
the continuing effort to find the missing girls

renewed
pioneering
pioneering efforts to restructure the industry

genuine, good-faith (AmE), positive, real, serious, sincere
Districts have not made a good-faith effort to implement public school choice.

feeble, half-hearted
She made a feeble effort to smile, then started crying again.

successful
worthwhile
failed, fruitless, futile, unsuccessful, vain
misguided
collaborative, collective, combined, concerted, cooperative, coordinated, joint, team
Students, teachers and families got together in a team effort to decorate the school.

international
conscious, deliberate
I have to make a conscious effort to be polite so early in the morning.

voluntary
The museum relies on the voluntary efforts of enthusiasts.

diplomatic
Diplomatic efforts to end the crisis failed.

grass-roots
a grass-roots effort by workers to transform their country

get-out-the-vote (AmE)
The Democratic get-out-the-vote effort placed heavy emphasis on the youth vote.

fund-raising, marketing, outreach (esp. AmE), recruitment
humanitarian, recovery, relief, rescue
anti-terrorism, counterterrorism
clean-up, conservation, rebuilding, reconstruction, restoration

make
initiate, launch
They launched an AIDS education effort.

mount, undertake
The report outlines the efforts undertaken by the industry.

fund
accelerate, expand, increase, intensify, redouble, renew, step up
The police have renewed their efforts to find the murderer.

continue
channel, concentrate, focus
The police tried to channel their efforts into searching the forest.

redirect, refocus
coordinate, orchestrate, organize
combine, pool
Governments are pooling their efforts to stem international terrorism.

duplicate
We tried to ensure that efforts were not duplicated.

lead, spearhead
He spearheaded efforts to raise money for the school.

target
We're targeting our efforts at making our website appealing to younger people.

fail in
He failed in his efforts to give up smoking.

resist
The wound resisted all my efforts to stop it from bleeding.

abandon
complicate
derail, frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, sabotage, stymie (informal, esp. AmE), thwart, undermine
Critics said the plan would undermine efforts to address the current crisis.

be rewarded for, reward
Her efforts were rewarded when she won an Oscar.

applaud, praise
The gallery owner applauded the efforts of firefighters to save the exhibits.

appreciate
We all appreciate your efforts.

oppose, support

come to nothing, fail, fall flat, fall short
pay off, succeed, work
culminate in sth, produce sth, result in sth
be aimed at sth, be targeted at sth, focus on sth
educational efforts targeted at children from ethnic minorities

earn sb sth
Her efforts earned her a Nobel Prize.

in an/your effort
The club has changed the rules in an effort to make them fairer.

through sb's effort
Through their efforts, enough money was raised to buy the equipment.

your best efforts
Despite our best efforts, we didn't manage to win the game.

a reward for your efforts
Second prize was a fair reward for his efforts.

make every effort
We are making every effort to obtain the release of the hostages.