A for effort

A verbal acknowledgement of appreciation for attempting a task, even if it did not produce a successful result. You forgot to sand the wood before you painted it, but I'll give you an A for effort since you tried to help.

* A for effort

Fig. acknowledgement for having tried to do something, even if it was not successful. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ~.) The plan didn't work, but I'll give you an A for effort for trying.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Raphael	['reifl]
Mansoor	-	Arabic
Mani (1)	-	Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada
Vitaliya	-	Russian, Ukrainian
Boadicea	-	Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Arthit	-	Thai