initial effort

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandeffort

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofinitialandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinitial effort

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After aninitialeffortto make the ban universal around 1760, the opposite and more realistic solution of intermarriage was finally legislated in 1765.
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To a large extent, ourinitialefforttowards integration was established in the sub-process of documenting information.
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Coste proved receptive and aninitialeffortwas made to settle the details of this new arrangement.
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Indeed, thisinitialeffortto identify what - other than income - determines environmental policy results emerges as the central contribution of our analysis.
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This may indicate that theinitialeffort, with the establishment of a regulatory structure and implementation of some kind of regular inspections could be important in itself.
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I am not speaking now of theinitialeffort, which everyone must agree is an onerous and heavy task.
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Theinitialeffortis in the areas mentioned.
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However, no criticism of theinitialeffortis warranted.
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It is clear from that, surely, that our approach can only be regarded as aninitialeffort.
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Theinitialeffortneeds to be kept up.
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Theinitialeffortwas not big enough, but there has been even a declension from that modest beginning.
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We should use everyinitialeffortwe possibly can to make more difficult the possibility of war breaking out.
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The building of a club worth £130,000 was stimulated by aninitialeffortfrom the community of £20,000.
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Even if a claimant is prepared to go to all theinitialeffortand expense of taking a debtor to court, the effort and expense do not end there.
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The audience will later realize this is hisinitialeffortto let her know what his interests are.
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Theinitialeffortto produce steamships and artillery led, step-by-step, to recognition of the need to master metallurgy, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and foreign languages.
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Theinitialeffortwas an unexpected success, raising over $100,000.00.
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Ourinitialeffortwas to regroup our forces and to gather enough material on the beach to accomplish our missions.
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Thisinitialeffortwas without any external financial backing.
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Itsinitialeffortto sign on a station was unsuccessful, but the group eventually reserved channel 54 for noncommercial use.
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