endeavour

UK /ɪnˈdɛv.ə/ US /ɪnˈdɛv.ɚ/

noun 1verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

cooperative, joint | brave, gallant, heroic

earnest, honest

The team made an earnest endeavour to finish the project before the deadline.

lifelong

Protecting the environment remains a lifelong endeavour for many dedicated scientists and activists.

fruitless, futile, unsuccessful | successful

human

Scientific discovery has always been one of humanity's greatest human endeavours.

artistic, creative, educational, intellectual, political, scientific

His scientific endeavours led to several important discoveries that helped advance medical research.

VERB + ENDEAVOUR

make

She made every endeavour to finish the project before the deadline.

PREP

in an ~

The company made several changes in an endeavour to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

PHRASES

your best endeavours

The team made their best endeavours to finish the project on time, but ran out of materials.

a field of endeavour

Marie has worked in many different fields of endeavour, from teaching to graphic design.

make every endeavour

The school made every endeavour to help students succeed in their exams.

Definitions

noun

British standard spelling of endeavor.

And these three: 1. the law over them that have sovereign power; 2. their duty; 3. their profit: are one and the same thing contained in this sentence, Salus populi suprema lex; by which must be understood, not the mere preservation of their lives, but generally their benefit and good. So that this is the general law for sovereigns: that they procure, to the uttermost of their endeavour, the good of the people.

The like has been the endeavour of critics, logicians, and even politicians […].

verb

British standard spelling of endeavor.

And such were Prais'd who but endeavour'd well.

The other species of philosophers consider man in the light of a reasonable rather than an active being, and endeavour to form his understanding more than cultivate his manners.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accompl

noun — a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that

verb — attempt by employing effort

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

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The like has been the endeavour of critics, logicians, and even politicians […].

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As we shall find it necessary, in our endeavours to bring electrical phenomena within the province of dynamics, to have our dynamical ideas in a state fit for direct application to physical questions

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And such were Prais'd who but endeavour'd well.

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The other species of philosophers consider man in the light of a reasonable rather than an active being, and endeavour to form his understanding more than cultivate his manners.

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November 20, 1777, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Debate in the Lords on the Address of Thanks It is our duty […] to endeavour the recovery of these most beneficial subjects.

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