endeavour

[US]/in'devə/
[UK]/ɛnˈdɛvɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. make an effort; strive; try one's best

Example Sentences

Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.

he is endeavouring to help the Third World.

a gesticulating figure endeavouring to charm a cobra.

he endeavoured to moralize an immoral society.

We must always endeavour to improve our work.

and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement.

I endeavoured to unhasp the casement,but the hook was soldered into the staple.

She made a 1:5 scale replica of Captain Cook’s ship, ‘The Endeavour’.

he crouched low and endeavoured to merge into the darkness of the forest.

We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, which wastes oil and gas.

Craniology, phrenology and eugenics, once-respectable fields of endeavour that are now regarded with a shudder, may shriek from time to time, but few sane people pay attention to them.

Real-world Examples

They could not do it, despite their best endeavours.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Because of their excessive endeavours to perpetuate life.

Source: Tao Te Ching

Being a parent can be an almost life-long endeavour.

Source: World Holidays

Limiting climate change and fighting cyberthreats are hardly mutually exclusive endeavours.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And after all, we must all endeavour to do our duty.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

The distinction between the two is actually critical for many scientific endeavours.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

When you start any endeavour in your life, here is what we think should happen.

Source: Essential Reading List for Self-Improvement

Sue has made every endeavour to help us. I hardly know how we can thank her enough.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Now let me endeavour to show you the different steps in my reasoning.

Source: A Study in Scarlet by Sherlock Holmes

The obvious place for this new endeavour to start was with the ears of cereal crops.

Source: The Economist - Technology

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