best effort
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbestandeffort
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best
adjective
uk/best/us/best/
of the highest quality, or being the most suitable, pleasing, or effective type of thing ...
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effort
noun
uk/ˈef.ət/us/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofbestandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbest effort
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I made mybesteffortto rejoin point fragments to identify the minimum number of individual bifacial points present in the collection.
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It's not that you shouldn't make thebesteffort, always to be as precise as possible.
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Each has made important contributions to the areas covered by their respective chapters and has given theirbesteffortto the volume.
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Winearls would accept nothing less than thebesteffortfrom her students - lack of skill she would cope with, lack of effort offended her.
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The time pressure was indeed stringent enough because, in spite of theirbesteffort, nine participants still had 2 - 5 sentences to correct when time was up.
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Secondly, is thebesteffortbeing made to put forward an organisation of war production at home?
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I shall certainly see that everybesteffortis made.
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The whole of industry is being requested to make itsbesteffortto take on more young people and especially to train more young people.
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Would he make thebesteffortto develop drilling in these islands?
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This is ourbesteffort, looking at all the foreseeable circumstances.
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It is indeed the world'sbesteffortand many of my constituents have helped to make it possible.
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The crisis demands ourbesteffort, because this small but complex operation may put at risk our servicemen's lives.
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Is it likely that with the fear of unemployment facing them again they will make theirbesteffort?
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At the moment this is thebesteffortthat we may make.
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I shall take my noble friend's injunction to try to do better, but this is ourbesteffort.
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The verybesteffortmust be made to apply to these areas the kind of principles which are every day being applied in the industrial community.
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There is a long history of attempts to legislate adequately for the protection of plants, and in my opinion this is much thebesteffortto date.
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That is not the way to get thebesteffortout of some dedicated people, many of whom are my good friends in my home town.
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Hisbesteffortwith the bat was a first-class 49.
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