concerted effort
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconcertedandeffort
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concerted
adjective[usually before noun]
uk/kənˈsɜː.tɪd/us/kənˈsɝː.t̬ɪd/
planned or done together for a ...
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effort
noun
uk/ˈef.ət/us/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofconcertedandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofconcerted effort
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Although a number of such investigations have been undertaken, to date noconcertedefforthas been made to consolidate the results within a single framework.
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These systems of obligation, which are borne out of mutual exchanges, require aconcertedeffort.
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For some, this process entails a spontaneous consolidation of preretirement activities, while for others the acquisition or extension of fulfilling relationships requires moreconcertedeffort.
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Mostly it spread organically and without anyconcertedeffortto promote it.
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There must be a moreconcertedeffortto plan strategically for the future, to innovate, to share rather than harbour professional and commercial information.
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Yet the early decades of the seventeenth century saw aconcertedeffortby the episcopate to bring religious order to dioceses.
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However, this increase will not be achieved without aconcertedeffortmobilizing every available technology.
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A moreconcertedeffortto conceptualize psychopathology in developmental terms would require the creation of new instruments to assess outcomes in terms of developmental levels.
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Through the 1920s and 1930s there was aconcertedeffortto generate modern price indexes.
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The central and regional political leadership have put noconcertedeffortinto mobilising revenues.
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It also argues that power can be fragmented among many operators whoseconcertedeffortcombines to achieve the desired goal.
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Degradation of hydrogen peroxide by catalase produced by bacterial cells requires aconcertedeffortby a group of cells.
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Their response then had cleared the way for aconcertedeffortin the pursuit of increased effectiveness in local administration.
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The compromise represents aconcertedeffortby a large number of parties to reach a maximum of consensus on a complex issue.
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It exhibits a lack ofconcertedefforton the part of regional and international institutions.
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In addition, few field studies of bat diversity have made aconcertedeffortto survey the canopy for bats because of logistical difficulties in sampling.
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For the survival of the individual art forms under this new dispensation, aconcertedeffortmust be made to establish how they can possibly survive and coexist productively.
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