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NISUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nisus mean?
• NISUS (noun)
The noun NISUS has 1 sense:
1. an effortful attempt to attain a goal
Familiarity information: NISUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An effortful attempt to attain a goal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
nisus; pains; strain; striving
Hypernyms ("nisus" is a kind of...):
attempt; effort; endeavor; endeavour; try (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nisus"):
jehad; jihad (a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal)
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