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   endeavour

   /ɪnˈdɛvə/

   verb

   • 1. try hard to do or achieve something: "he is endeavouring to help the Third World"

   noun

   • 1. an attempt to achieve a goal: "an endeavour to reduce serious injury" Similar attempttrybidefforttrialventureinformal:gocrackshotstabbashwhackwhirl
   • ▪ earnest, prolonged, and industrious effort: "enthusiasm is a vital ingredient in all human endeavour" Similar strivingstrugglinglabouringstrugglelabourhard workhard slogeffortexertionapplicationindustrypainsinformal:sweatblood, sweat, and tearselbow greasegraft(hard) yakkaarchaic:travailmoil
   • ▪ an enterprise or undertaking: "a portfolio of business endeavours" Similar undertakingenterpriseventurepursuitexerciseactivityexploitdeedactactionmoveschemeplanprojectinformal:caper

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘exert oneself’): from the phrase put oneself in devoir ‘do one's utmost’ (see devoir).

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   What does endeavor mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! ENDEAVOUR definition: 1. to try to do something: 2. an attempt to do something: 3. UK spelling of endeavor. Learn more.

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   What is the British spelling of the word endeavor?

   • The word endeavor has been used to refer to one’s utmost effort by the late 15th century. The word endeavor was used as a verb since circa the year 1400. The British spellings of the word are endeavoured and endeavouring. Overall, endeavour is the British spelling of the word endeavor.

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   How do you describe an endeavour in a sentence?

   • His answer is simple: honest endeavour. You can't fault the effort and endeavour. If you endeavour to do something, you try very hard to do it. I will endeavour to arrange it. An endeavour is an attempt to do something, especially something new or original. His first endeavours in the field were wedding films.

   ENDEAVOUR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   What is a constant endeavour?

   • A constant endeavour is made to use all these resources to the best advantage. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of endeavour? 努力, 奮力, 嘗試… 努力, 奋力, 尝试…

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   Is writing a different endeavor than teaching?

   • [ C ] Writing is a very different endeavor than teaching. I endeavored to explain the legal consequences of his action. This research project became one of the main endeavors within the neurosciences in the first decades of the twentieth century.

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   Why is science a contradictory endeavor?

   • But the practice of science and the cultural environment in which it flourished presented formidable obstacles to the realization of this endeavor. Pascal proves that none of these endeavors carry their purpose in themselves, but point beyond themselves into infinity; all are therefore contradictory.

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   ENDEAVOUR definition: 1. to try to do something: 2. an attempt to do something: 3. UK spelling of endeavor. Learn more.

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   The meaning of ENDEAVOR is to attempt (something, such as the fulfillment of an obligation) by exertion of effort. How to use endeavor in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Endeavor.

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   noun [ C/U ] (Cdn Br endeavour) us / ɪnˈdev·ər /. Add to word list. an effort or attempt to do something: [ C ] Writing is a very different endeavor than teaching.

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   To endeavour is to strive for something. The endeavour itself is the thing you're striving for, the enterprise or undertaking. It's a primarily British spelling of the word.

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   An endeavour is an attempt to do something, especially something new or original.

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   3 days ago · The meaning of ENDEAVOUR is chiefly British spelling of endeavor.

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    Endeavour definition: to try (to do something). See examples of ENDEAVOUR used in a sentence.