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noun
  1. The use of energy to do something:

    effort, endeavor, exertion, pain (used in plural), strain1, struggle, trouble, while. (Informal) elbow grease. See work
  2. A vying with others for victory or supremacy:

    battle, competition, contest, corrivalry, race, rivalry, strife, struggle, tug of war, war, warfare. See conflict

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