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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
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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.
1. : serious determined effort. 2. : activity directed toward a goal : enterprise. fields of endeavor. Synonyms.
an effort or attempt to do something: [ C ] Writing is a very different endeavor than teaching. endeavor. verb [ + to infinitive ] fml (Cdn Br endeavour) us. / ɪnˈdev·ər / to try to do something: I endeavored to explain the legal consequences of his action.
endeavour noun. /ɪnˈdevə (r)/ /ɪnˈdevər/ (also endeavor) [uncountable, countable] (formal) an attempt to do something, especially something new or difficult. There have been great advances in the field of scientific endeavour. endeavour to do something Please make every endeavour to arrive on time.
noun [ C or U ] US (UK endeavour) us. / enˈdev.ɚ / uk. / enˈdev.ə r/ C1. an attempt to do something: In spite of our best endeavors, it has proven impossible to contact her. feat of endeavor Crossing the North Pole on foot was an amazing feat of human endeavor. artistic endeavor Thanks to all of you who support me in my artistic endeavors.
Endeavour definition: to try (to do something). See examples of ENDEAVOUR used in a sentence.
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.
An endeavour is an attempt to do something, especially something new or original.
An endeavor is an attempt to do something, especially something new or original. [formal] The company's creative endeavors are thriving. Extracting information about the large-scale composition of a planet from a sample weighing a millionth of a gram was a fascinating example of scientific endeavor.
The meaning of ENDEAVOUR is chiefly British spelling of endeavor.
