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These endeavours suggest both consistency and change in the company's strategies. From the Cambridge English Corpus This paper endeavours to review critically research on bi- and multilingualism.
attempt, try, endeavor, essay, strive mean to make an effort to accomplish an end. attempt stresses the initiation or beginning of an effort. will attempt to photograph the rare bird. try is often close to attempt but may stress effort or experiment made in the hope of testing or proving something.
As this article has endeavored to demonstrate, these often enigmatic and incomplete sources may contain traces of earlier historical layers. From the Cambridge English Corpus. But understanding such distinctions is the reason why ethics requires intellectual endeavor, rather than emotional response.
Definition of endeavour noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The endeavour itself is the thing you're striving for, the enterprise or undertaking. It's a primarily British spelling of the word. The Middle English root of endeavour means to "put oneself in" or "do one's utmost," so if you endeavour to do something, you do it with earnestness and a fair amount of effort.
The meaning of ENDEAVOUR is chiefly British spelling of endeavor.
noun. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something. “wished him luck in his endeavor ”. synonyms: attempt, effort, endeavour, try. see more. noun. a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) synonyms: endeavour, enterprise. see more.
Definition of endeavour verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
I wish my colleagues who will serve on the commission courage and strength in their endeavors. From The Daily Beast. The Kentucky bard Ed McClanahan once lived in California, where among various endeavors he played Boswell to the Grateful Dead. From The Daily Beast.
endeavour. (ɪndevəʳ ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense endeavours , present participle endeavouring , past tense, past participle endeavoured regional note: in AM, use endeavor. 1. verb. If you endeavour to do something, you try very hard to do it. [formal] I will endeavour to arrange it.
