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Definition of Endeavour
1. Noun. A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness). "He had doubts about the whole enterprise"
Specialized synonyms: Fraudulent Scheme, Illegitimate Enterprise, Racket, Forlorn Hope, Business Activity, Commercial Activity
Generic synonyms: Labor, Project, Task, Undertaking
Derivative terms: Endeavor, Enterpriser
2. Verb. Attempt by employing effort. "We endeavor to make our customers happy"
Specialized synonyms: Struggle, Be At Pains, Take Pains, Buck
Generic synonyms: Assay, Attempt, Essay, Seek, Try
Derivative terms: Endeavor, Endeavor, Striving
3. Noun. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something. "She gave it a good try"
Specialized synonyms: Batting, Best, Worst, Bid, Play, Crack, Fling, Go, Offer, Pass, Whirl, Essay, Foray, Contribution, Part, Share, Liberation, Mug's Game, Power Play, Squeeze, Squeeze Play, Seeking, Shot, Stab, Shot, Nisus, Pains, Strain, Striving, Battle, Struggle, Takeover Attempt, Run, Test, Trial, Test, Trial
Generic synonyms: Activity
Derivative terms: Attempt, Endeavor, Try
Definition of Endeavour
1. Verb. (obsolete reflexive) To exert oneself. (defdate 15th-17th c.) ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To attempt (something). (defdate 16th-17th c.) ¹
4. Noun. A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal. ¹
5. Noun. Enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Endeavour
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endeavour
Literary usage of Endeavour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1839)
"3. Certain theorems concerning the nature of motion.—4. Divers considerations of
motion.—5. The way by which the first endeavour of bodies moved tendeth.—6. ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1867)
"Exploration of the endeavour Eiver, Cape York Peninsula, Australia. By JOHN
JARDINE, Esq., Police Magistrate, Somerset, Cape York. ..."
3. A Plea for the Queen's English: Stray Notes on Speaking and Spelling by Henry Alford (1881)
""endeavour 132. A mistake is very generally made by ourselves." •' ' J * our
clergy in reading the collect for the second Sunday after Easter. ..."
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