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Definition of endeavour in English: endeavour(US endeavor) verb ɪnˈdɛvəɛnˈdɛvəənˈdɛvər no object, with infinitive Try hard to do or achieve something. he is endeavouring to help the Third World Example sentencesExamples - We endeavor to create a sanctuary where they can express themselves without censorship.
- He will be endeavouring to get back to this country as soon as possible.
- However, City of York Council is endeavouring to provide 300 new affordable homes across the city every year in a variety of innovative schemes.
- A spokesperson for the minister told the Western People that he is endeavouring to get the Authority up and running as soon as he can.
- Despite my shortcomings, I am endeavouring to use all of the resources at my disposal to improve my abilities.
- That is a frustration for us, when obviously we are endeavouring to see whether resolution is achievable.
- Parents and teachers up and down the land are endeavouring to instil high standards of personal behaviour and responsibility among young children.
- Nigeria has consistently endeavored to improve the quality of teaching.
- They should also endeavor not to let security arrangements set the tone for discussion.
- Nick was endeavoring to teach himself perspective, and having a hard time of it.
- The project became a labour of love for the whole practice as it endeavoured to squeeze the best possible design out of a pretty limited budget.
- In the past years she suffered serious illnesses but on each occasion she defied the prognosis and got back on her feet, endeavouring to continue her good work.
- From a strategic viewpoint, the principal need was to understand precisely what each public sector organization was endeavouring to achieve.
- I worked hard to obtain these codes, and I endeavored to keep them safe from all others, to ensure they are used in the best possible way.
- He added: ‘We are aware that there is an issue with the tiles and we are endeavouring to resolve the problem as soon as we can.’
- In his later years he endeavoured, without success, to achieve a peace settlement with France.
- Tour operators throughout Ireland were yesterday endeavouring to make contingency plans to cope with thousands of travellers.
- They endeavored to create a professional atmosphere where one could make a substantial living wage.
- But they have also endeavored to secure it against the outside world.
- While the Council has endeavoured to achieve consistency between cases, it would be prepared to make an exception if the occasion required this.
- "Since their inception, statisticians have endeavored to improve the quality and accuracy of these statistics.
Synonyms try, attempt, venture, undertake, aspire, aim, seek, set out strive, struggle, labour, toil, work hard, try hard, exert oneself, apply oneself, do one's best, do one's utmost, give one's all, be at pains work at, try one's hand at informal slog away, give something a whirl, have a go at, have a shot at, have a stab at, give something one's best shot, do one's damnedest, go all out, bend over backwards, break one's neck, bust a gut, move heaven and earth formal essay
noun ɪnˈdɛvəɛnˈdɛvəənˈdɛvər 1An attempt to achieve a goal. with infinitive an endeavour to reduce serious injury Example sentencesExamples - The group standards mechanism in the bill will reduce compliance costs, and it is an endeavour to reduce those costs.
- Among my own more active endeavours was an attempt to hire a man to help with fetching water and doing laundry, both considered women's work.
- We trust you will use your best endeavours to achieve the above and mitigate the effect that your delays have caused to the regular progress of the works.
- The website goes further and tells how you can support this endeavor by becoming a producer.
- Local administrators have undertaken to revitalise the sport and have brought to the Silver City a group of players and development personnel in an endeavor to achieve this.
- This show isn't just a talent contest but is a serious endeavour to find a recording artist who will have international success.
- He expressed his appreciation of everyone involved in nominating him for the peace award in recognition of his endeavours to bring about the Agreement.
- He has also opposed endeavors to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
- The team maintained the pressure and Gore was rewarded for his endeavour with a goal to seal the win from close range.
- This is a city that rarely sleeps, that never seems to rest in its quest for pleasure, in its endeavour at enterprise, in its inherent divinity.
- The ecumenical movement is the formal endeavor by Christians to achieve unity in the face of denominational differences.
- They must again meet, and exert their best endeavours to settle the business amicably.
- In our endeavors to produce the achievement awards, it is our intention each year to create the best event in the Aboriginal community.
- The ultimate goal of these endeavours was to create a European identity based on common values and a common desire to develop a Europe free of wars.
- We are grateful to have its commitment to supporting us in our endeavours to reduce the impact of cancer in our community.
- Their achievements in these endeavors gained them some of the social legitimation which they previously lacked.
- The main aim of such endeavors should be to achieve a flexible ‘ubiquitous’ educational system.
Synonyms attempt, try, bid, effort, trial, venture informal go, crack, shot, stab, bash, whack, whirl - 1.1mass noun Earnest, prolonged, and industrious effort.
enthusiasm is a vital ingredient in all human endeavour Example sentencesExamples - ‘he has impressed me with his effort and endeavour,’ said Hughes.
- Should effort and endeavour be punished or derided?
- But if you're a pioneering, high-achieving Scotswoman, what extraordinary standards of human endeavour are required before you qualify for a statue?
- The collective endeavour towards a creative goal is clearly something he thrives on.
- It is now almost cliché to talk of women having stormed every male bastion given their entry into and success in virtually every field of human endeavour.
- Rather, science becomes something that we learn to live with, and nature, not human endeavour, becomes our supposed source of inspiration and meaning.
- ‘Other than our defensive lapses and the fact we forgot our shooting boots, I could not fault them for their effort and endeavour,’ he said.
- The Sunday Schools sprang from the same era of earnest endeavour, as did the widespread drive to establish Friendly Societies supervised by the clergy.
- Because we believe that ‘we achieve more by our common endeavour than we achieve alone’.
- The plaque tells us the sculpture is ‘a symbol of universal human endeavour.’
- But, the outcome that you might achieve from your endeavor also could be significant.
- Thirty years of human endeavour doesn't appear to have wrought any changes in the way we dress or live.
- The drama, bravery and human endeavour involved in the prize ring seems to inspire authors beyond the common drudgery of your average sports biography and this is no exception.
- It's about hope, team work, and human endeavour.
- Beyond its specific subject, it is a wholly credible representation of human endeavour, flawed, troublesome, occasionally magnificent.
- This victory is a huge milestone for the club, as it is their first ever title in any grade, and overdue reward for the years of effort and endeavour by a dedicated group of officials and players.
- Yet, as always, economics remains an exercise in hindsight, and managing the ups and downs of economic cycles a task beyond human endeavour.
- Over 38 games application, effort, endeavour, commitment and preparation go a long way and we have them in abundance.
- The basic requirement for each participant is measured by hours of endeavour and effort with no student having an advantage over another in earning the award.
- People like the Victorian reformer John Ruskin argued that the working classes should be included in education, so that all could appreciate the wonders of human intellectual endeavour.
Synonyms striving, struggling, labouring, struggle, labour, hard work, hard slog, effort, exertion, application, industry pains informal sweat, {blood, sweat, and tears}, elbow grease British informal graft Australian/New Zealand informal (hard) yakka archaic travail, moil - 1.2 An enterprise or undertaking.
a portfolio of business endeavours Example sentencesExamples - The International Space Station is the most complex international endeavor ever undertaken.
- Outside of his scientific endeavors, the prince also made changes to the principality.
- Politicians and lawyers will achieve success in their endeavours.
- The NFL, like any other successful business endeavor, makes it on meritocracy, not charity.
- The project is a five-year endeavor undertaken as a partnership between IBM and National Geographic.
- Most of all, though, have fun and good luck in pursuing your romantic endeavors.
- Therefore, he was able to succeed in all the impetuous endeavors he attempted.
- The only way to foster that knowledge is to participate in the research endeavor.
- I've traveled the world, meeting my fellow members and helping them in some of the most amazing endeavors ever attempted by mankind.
- Then you tell me that you're using drugs to enhance your artistic endeavors.
- The development of this orbital facility has been called the largest international scientific and technological endeavor ever undertaken.
- Scientific research, like other cooperative endeavors, requires trust to flourish.
- From this point forward, Europeans and Americans engaged in artistic endeavors were divided into two increasingly distinct constituencies.
- And yes, we are enjoying modest profits these days, affording us the opportunity to reinvest in innumerable political and artistic endeavors.
- We expect encouragement when others believe that what we are attempting is a worthwhile endeavor or when it is obvious that there is a chance of success.
- In ancient Greek mythology, Muses were goddesses of science and art who inspired creative endeavors.
- Obviously the glass ceiling has not stopped these women from succeeding in their business endeavors.
- In writing, as in every other human endeavor, completion is not our business.
- What political endeavors should be undertaken or supported?
- It's the first time in almost 20 years such an endeavour has been undertaken.
Synonyms undertaking, enterprise, venture, pursuit, exercise, activity, exploit, deed, act, action, move scheme, plan, project informal caper
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'exert oneself'): from the phrase put oneself in devoir 'do one's utmost' (see devoir). Definition of endeavor in US English: endeavor(British endeavour) verbənˈdevərənˈdɛvər no object, with infinitive Try hard to do or achieve something. he is endeavoring to help the Third World Example sentencesExamples - A spokesperson for the minister told the Western People that he is endeavouring to get the Authority up and running as soon as he can.
- While the Council has endeavoured to achieve consistency between cases, it would be prepared to make an exception if the occasion required this.
- Nick was endeavoring to teach himself perspective, and having a hard time of it.
- From a strategic viewpoint, the principal need was to understand precisely what each public sector organization was endeavouring to achieve.
- Parents and teachers up and down the land are endeavouring to instil high standards of personal behaviour and responsibility among young children.
- I worked hard to obtain these codes, and I endeavored to keep them safe from all others, to ensure they are used in the best possible way.
- They should also endeavor not to let security arrangements set the tone for discussion.
- In the past years she suffered serious illnesses but on each occasion she defied the prognosis and got back on her feet, endeavouring to continue her good work.
- "Since their inception, statisticians have endeavored to improve the quality and accuracy of these statistics.
- Tour operators throughout Ireland were yesterday endeavouring to make contingency plans to cope with thousands of travellers.
- Despite my shortcomings, I am endeavouring to use all of the resources at my disposal to improve my abilities.
- That is a frustration for us, when obviously we are endeavouring to see whether resolution is achievable.
- But they have also endeavored to secure it against the outside world.
- He will be endeavouring to get back to this country as soon as possible.
- We endeavor to create a sanctuary where they can express themselves without censorship.
- The project became a labour of love for the whole practice as it endeavoured to squeeze the best possible design out of a pretty limited budget.
- However, City of York Council is endeavouring to provide 300 new affordable homes across the city every year in a variety of innovative schemes.
- He added: ‘We are aware that there is an issue with the tiles and we are endeavouring to resolve the problem as soon as we can.’
- In his later years he endeavoured, without success, to achieve a peace settlement with France.
- They endeavored to create a professional atmosphere where one could make a substantial living wage.
- Nigeria has consistently endeavored to improve the quality of teaching.
Synonyms try, attempt, venture, undertake, aspire, aim, seek, set out
nounənˈdevərənˈdɛvər 1An attempt to achieve a goal. with infinitive an endeavor to reduce serious injury Example sentencesExamples - They must again meet, and exert their best endeavours to settle the business amicably.
- In our endeavors to produce the achievement awards, it is our intention each year to create the best event in the Aboriginal community.
- The website goes further and tells how you can support this endeavor by becoming a producer.
- The group standards mechanism in the bill will reduce compliance costs, and it is an endeavour to reduce those costs.
- The main aim of such endeavors should be to achieve a flexible ‘ubiquitous’ educational system.
- Local administrators have undertaken to revitalise the sport and have brought to the Silver City a group of players and development personnel in an endeavor to achieve this.
- The ecumenical movement is the formal endeavor by Christians to achieve unity in the face of denominational differences.
- This is a city that rarely sleeps, that never seems to rest in its quest for pleasure, in its endeavour at enterprise, in its inherent divinity.
- This show isn't just a talent contest but is a serious endeavour to find a recording artist who will have international success.
- The ultimate goal of these endeavours was to create a European identity based on common values and a common desire to develop a Europe free of wars.
- Their achievements in these endeavors gained them some of the social legitimation which they previously lacked.
- We are grateful to have its commitment to supporting us in our endeavours to reduce the impact of cancer in our community.
- He has also opposed endeavors to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
- We trust you will use your best endeavours to achieve the above and mitigate the effect that your delays have caused to the regular progress of the works.
- He expressed his appreciation of everyone involved in nominating him for the peace award in recognition of his endeavours to bring about the Agreement.
- The team maintained the pressure and Gore was rewarded for his endeavour with a goal to seal the win from close range.
- Among my own more active endeavours was an attempt to hire a man to help with fetching water and doing laundry, both considered women's work.
Synonyms attempt, try, bid, effort, trial, venture - 1.1 Earnest and industrious effort, especially when sustained over a period of time.
enthusiasm is a vital ingredient in all human endeavor Example sentencesExamples - The collective endeavour towards a creative goal is clearly something he thrives on.
- Thirty years of human endeavour doesn't appear to have wrought any changes in the way we dress or live.
- ‘Other than our defensive lapses and the fact we forgot our shooting boots, I could not fault them for their effort and endeavour,’ he said.
- Yet, as always, economics remains an exercise in hindsight, and managing the ups and downs of economic cycles a task beyond human endeavour.
- Should effort and endeavour be punished or derided?
- It is now almost cliché to talk of women having stormed every male bastion given their entry into and success in virtually every field of human endeavour.
- Because we believe that ‘we achieve more by our common endeavour than we achieve alone’.
- The Sunday Schools sprang from the same era of earnest endeavour, as did the widespread drive to establish Friendly Societies supervised by the clergy.
- The basic requirement for each participant is measured by hours of endeavour and effort with no student having an advantage over another in earning the award.
- Rather, science becomes something that we learn to live with, and nature, not human endeavour, becomes our supposed source of inspiration and meaning.
- This victory is a huge milestone for the club, as it is their first ever title in any grade, and overdue reward for the years of effort and endeavour by a dedicated group of officials and players.
- But if you're a pioneering, high-achieving Scotswoman, what extraordinary standards of human endeavour are required before you qualify for a statue?
- The plaque tells us the sculpture is ‘a symbol of universal human endeavour.’
- Over 38 games application, effort, endeavour, commitment and preparation go a long way and we have them in abundance.
- ‘he has impressed me with his effort and endeavour,’ said Hughes.
- Beyond its specific subject, it is a wholly credible representation of human endeavour, flawed, troublesome, occasionally magnificent.
- It's about hope, team work, and human endeavour.
- The drama, bravery and human endeavour involved in the prize ring seems to inspire authors beyond the common drudgery of your average sports biography and this is no exception.
- But, the outcome that you might achieve from your endeavor also could be significant.
- People like the Victorian reformer John Ruskin argued that the working classes should be included in education, so that all could appreciate the wonders of human intellectual endeavour.
Synonyms striving, struggling, labouring, struggle, labour, hard work, hard slog, effort, exertion, application, industry - 1.2 An enterprise or undertaking.
Example sentencesExamples - From this point forward, Europeans and Americans engaged in artistic endeavors were divided into two increasingly distinct constituencies.
- The only way to foster that knowledge is to participate in the research endeavor.
- The development of this orbital facility has been called the largest international scientific and technological endeavor ever undertaken.
- Politicians and lawyers will achieve success in their endeavours.
- Most of all, though, have fun and good luck in pursuing your romantic endeavors.
- In writing, as in every other human endeavor, completion is not our business.
- Scientific research, like other cooperative endeavors, requires trust to flourish.
- Obviously the glass ceiling has not stopped these women from succeeding in their business endeavors.
- And yes, we are enjoying modest profits these days, affording us the opportunity to reinvest in innumerable political and artistic endeavors.
- The project is a five-year endeavor undertaken as a partnership between IBM and National Geographic.
- I've traveled the world, meeting my fellow members and helping them in some of the most amazing endeavors ever attempted by mankind.
- It's the first time in almost 20 years such an endeavour has been undertaken.
- We expect encouragement when others believe that what we are attempting is a worthwhile endeavor or when it is obvious that there is a chance of success.
- The NFL, like any other successful business endeavor, makes it on meritocracy, not charity.
- In ancient Greek mythology, Muses were goddesses of science and art who inspired creative endeavors.
- What political endeavors should be undertaken or supported?
- The International Space Station is the most complex international endeavor ever undertaken.
- Therefore, he was able to succeed in all the impetuous endeavors he attempted.
- Outside of his scientific endeavors, the prince also made changes to the principality.
- Then you tell me that you're using drugs to enhance your artistic endeavors.
Synonyms undertaking, enterprise, venture, pursuit, exercise, activity, exploit, deed, act, action, move
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘exert oneself’): from the phrase put oneself in devoir ‘do one's utmost’ (see devoir). |