I. verb
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Auguste was endeavouring to be both detective and maîtred'hôtel for the matter of tea, torn as usual by twin loves.
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It is very important that the two partners endeavour to: Agree on discipline.
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Joan opened it, endeavouring to appear calm.
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Other churches have endeavoured to build effective congregational structures to express both homogeneity and heterogeneity.
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The management control process should endeavour to measure whether predetermined goals are being achieved.
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They endeavoured, on a number of levels, to make themselves more accountable than previous Labour councils had been.
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We will endeavour to sell your items for you.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
human
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For most of the century Mount Everest had been the ultimate symbol of human endeavour .
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But I have never heard him confess his unworthiness in this field of human endeavour .
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In all fields of human endeavour there are opportunities for this seeing of great visions.
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They would be the outcome of human endeavour , and subject to human control.
scientific
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Any form of scientific endeavour must attempt to transcend its time and place to sustain an independent, doubting stance.
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For them pollution control work is a scientific endeavour .
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But the records of this branch of scientific endeavour date back 7000 years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And they were eventually rewarded for their endeavour and spirit with a cracking goal.
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Attitudes were formed as much in shared leisure as by individual endeavour .
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Have you faced his challenges to great endeavour ?
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It was no accident that this was a major area of feminist endeavour .
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Pride of place in this endeavour was given to systematic and properly grounded empirical investigation.
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She preferred laughter and skylarks to solid endeavour and while she could be noisy she shied away from being the centre of attention.
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They suspected they would gain little from this particular endeavour , but anything that supplemented their income was worthwhile.
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Yet here is a dark continent on our own doorstep, crying out for missionary endeavour .