| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something completed or attained successfully: accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, feat. See DO. 2. A trying to do or make something: attempt, crack, endeavor, essay, go, offer, stab, trial, try. Informal : shot. Slang : take. Archaic : assay. See TRY. 3. The use of energy to do something: endeavor, exertion, pain (used in plural), strain1, striving, struggle, trouble, while. Informal : elbow grease. See WORK. 4. A difficult or tedious undertaking: chore, task. Informal : job. See HEAVY, WORK.
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