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Endeavor

Endeavor Meaning & Definition
Endeavor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Endeavor?

[n] earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"
[n] a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"
[v] attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Endeavor: attempt | effort | endeavour | endeavour | enterprise | strive | try

Related Terms | Find terms related to Endeavor: accept | accomplished fact | accomplishment | achievement | act | acta | action | address | adventure | aim | aim to | apply | approach | aspire | assay | assume | attack | attempt | attempt to | be determined | bid | blow | buckle down | buckle to | coup | crack | dare to | dealings | deed | determine | doing | doings | effort | elbow grease | embark in | embark upon | energy | engage in | enter on | enter upon | enterprise | essay | exertion | experiment | exploit | fait accompli | fall into | fall to | feat | fling | gambit | gest | get under way | go | go about | go all out | go at | go in for | go into | go upon | hand | handiwork | hard pull | hassle | have at | hump | hump it | intend | job | knuckle down | labor | launch forth | launch into | lay about | lay to | lick | long pull | make an effort | maneuver | measure | might and main | move | move into | muscle | nerve and sinew | offer | operation | overt act | pains | passage | performance | pitch into | plunge into | ply the oar | pretend to | proceed to | proceeding | production | purpose | push | res gestae | resolve | seek | seek to | set about | set at | set forward | set going | set to | shot | spare no effort | stab | step | strain | strive | strive to | striving | stroke | strong bid | struggle | study | study to | stunt | sweat | sweat blood | tackle | take on | take up | tentative | thing | thing done | toil | tour de force | transaction | travail | trial | trial and error | trouble | try | try and | try to | turn | turn to | undertake | undertaking | venture | venture to | venture upon | whack | work | works

See Also | activity | assay | attempt | batting | battle | be at pains | best | bid | braving | buck | business activity | commercial activity | confronting | contribution | coping with | crack | essay | essay | fling | foray | forlorn hope | fraudulent scheme | go | grappling | illegitimate enterprise | labor | liberation | mug's game | nisus | offer | pains | part | pass | play | power play | project | racket | research effort | run | seek | seeking | share | shot | squeeze | squeeze play | strain | striving | struggle | struggle | tackling | take pains | takeover attempt | task | test | trial | try | undertaking | whirl | worst

Endeavor In Webster's Dictionary

\En*deav"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endeavored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Endeavoring}.] [OE. endevor; pref. en- + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See {Devoir}, {Debt}.] [Written also {endeavour}.] To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt. It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects. --Ld. Chatham. {To endeavor one's self}, to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] ``A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness.'' --Latimer.
\En*deav"or\, v. i. To exert one's self; to work for a certain end. And such were praised who but endeavored well. --Pope. Note: Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist. He had . . . endeavored earnestly to do his duty. --Prescott. Syn: To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.
\En*deav"or\, n. [Written also endeavour.] An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial. To employ all my endeavor to obey you. --Sir P. Sidney. {To do one's endeavor}, to do one's duty; to put forth strenuous efforts to attain an object; -- a phrase derived from the Middle English phrase ``to do one's dever'' (duty). ``Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer.'' --Fuller. Syn: Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See {Attempt}.

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