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endeavor

[ en-dev-er ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to exert oneself to do or effect something; make an effort; strive:

    We must constantly endeavor if we are to succeed.



verb (used with object)

  1. to attempt; try:

    He endeavors to keep things neat in his apartment.

  2. Archaic. to attempt to achieve or gain.

noun

  1. a strenuous effort; attempt.
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Other Word Forms

  • ·𲹱o· especially British, ·𲹱oܰ· noun
  • e·𲹱o noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endeavor1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English endeveren, from the phrase putten in devoir “to make an effort, assume responsibility”; compare Anglo-French se mettre en deveir. See en- 1, devoir
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Synonym Study

See try. See effort.
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Example Sentences

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It’s an engaging chronicle of the academic breakthroughs that transformed investing from guesswork and gut feelings into a more scientific endeavor.

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Spawning is a biologically and energetically demanding endeavor for steelhead, and the process likely began in December or earlier, according to Evans.

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The endeavor, which had been heavily hyped and promoted for more than a month, lasted only 11 minutes from takeoff to landing.

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Most of all, though, Cave Canem is a reflection of the ethos everyone involved in it has brought to bear on the endeavor.

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But in endeavoring to couch their relationship in such platonic romantic terms, which seems to exist at the heart of his agenda, Leslie loses his grasp on the painful reality of the duo’s intimacy.

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