Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

making an effort

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables
mak-ing an -ef-fort
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of make an effort

Questions

What does making an effort mean?
present participle and gerund of make an effort

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