endeavour

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈdevər/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈdevə(r)/
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Tags Oxford5000CEFR-C2
noun
C1

a serious effort to do something, especially something new or hard

Scientists make a great endeavour to find new medicines.

verb
R

to try very hard to do something

He will endeavour to finish his work on time.

translation

n. a serious effort to do something, especially something new or hard
v. to try very hard to do something

Word Forms

3rd Present endeavours
Progressive endeavouring
Past endeavoured
Plural endeavours
Perfect endeavoured