Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British Variant of endeavor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See endeavor.
Wiktionary
- n. A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal.
- n. Enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity.
WordNet 3.0
- v. attempt by employing effort
- n. a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
- n. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
Etymologies
- Middle English endeveren, corresponding to en- + devoir; compare Middle French se mettre en devoir de faire ("to make it one's duty to do, to endeavour to do"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“With all due respect, Mr. Clark's experience in this endeavour is a mixed one to say the least.”
Building a New Conservative Home for Canadians: the P.C. Party at the Crossroads
“Continued public investment in scientific endeavour is essential for the success of UK business and industry – and, more broadly, for a productive economy, a healthy society and a sustainable world.”
The Guardian: Science funding cuts: We won't fill the gaps, say firms and charities
“The ego, so dominant in all Western endeavour, is seen as an obstacle to the ancient mystics, something that has to be steadily eroded.”
“Unable to rest or sleep, she quitted her asylum early, that she might again endeavour to find my brother.”
“It was dawn, and she quitted her asylum, that she might again endeavour to find my brother.”
“It might for a little while, but the beauty of science unique in human endeavour is that it has this awesome self correcting system.”
“His latest endeavour is the Pay It Forward bike tour in 2007 where his goal is to raise $1 million for disadvantaged youth.”
“Our endeavour is to make children aware of these evils such as drug addiction, alcoholism and other dangerous things.”
“Common endeavour is also very much in evidence in areas of nonproliferation and disarmament.”
Canada-U.S. Relations: Our Common Cause Agenda in a Perilous World
“Moreover thou, O King, art our shepherd and ruler and he who wardeth off from us our foes, and to whom are committed our protection and our guardian, constant in endeavour for our safety.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘endeavour’.
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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tale-of-two-cities
Words from the book 'Tale of two cities'
attacks, insecure, minorca, forgets, attested, revered, necessary, nothing, bankers, genoese, burthen, tobacco and 14 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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Ships of Fame
Famous ship names that I've heard of and/or like. Includes airships. See also the list Ships, if you want to.
bonhomme richard, serapis, monitor, virginia, florizel, aurora, stephano, golden hind, santa maria, pinta, nina, beagle and 119 more...
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NASA
A place for NASA-related stuff, from Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, etc.
faithful shepard, lunar module, command service m..., trajectory, moon shot, apollo, mercury, gemini, skylab, viking, velcro, tang and 103 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Ships
All of which are mentioned in O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels, someplace or other. Most are British navy ships, some are French navy, and others aren't either one.
See also the list Sh...franklin, surprise, agamemnon, vanguard, truelove, minerva, diane, victory, sophie, cacafuego, euryalus, alastor and 382 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 1991 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1687 more...
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Dxpert's Words
typically, analysis, theorem, definitely, label, absolutely, bored, awkward, unfortunately, drastically, appointment, stopped and 36 more...
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Victorian female english
Use this words and become a young lady from some of Jane Austen's books.
coquettish, acquaintance, agreeable, delightful, entirely, sweetest, particularly, pretty, indeed, dearest, pleasant, marriage and 58 more...
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Words I use in Ministerial briefings
outline, commitment, deliver, deadline, action, policy, accountability, transparency, recommend, stakeholder, consultation, extensive and 32 more...
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Quodlibets' List
psithurism, bafflegab, tatterdemalion, amaranthine, incarnadine, petrichor, tintinnabulation, gallimaufry, galimatias, sussurus, tetrapyloctomy, rhapsodic and 60 more...
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my words
ubiquitous, devout, dyslexia, suave, debonair, finagle, plush, accede, prodigy, persona, lethargic, caricature and 84 more...
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funky-monkey95's list
cornucopia, single, dilate, dream, thirst, sing, dilinquent, trusted, sight, forseen, sunshine, basket and 50 more...
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