ENDEAVOUR


Meaning of ENDEAVOUR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪndevə(r) ]

( endeavours, endeavouring, endeavoured)

Note: in AM, use 'endeavor'

1.

If you endeavour to do something, you try very hard to do it. ( FORMAL )

I will endeavour to arrange it...

= strive

VERB : V to-inf

2.

An endeavour is an attempt to do something, especially something new or original. ( FORMAL )

His first endeavours in the field were wedding films.

N-VAR : usu with supp , oft N to-inf

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