endeavour
UK/ɪnˈdɛv.ə//ɪnˈdɛv.ɚ/
endeavour noun: british standard spelling of endeavor.
Noun
endeavour (plural endeavours)
- British standard spelling of endeavor.
- And these three: 1. the law over them that have sovereign power; 2. their duty; 3. their profit: are one and the same thing contained in this sentence, Salus populi suprema lex; by which must be understood, not the mere preservation of their lives, but generally their benefit and good. So that this...1640, Thomas Hobbes, chapter 28, in The Elements of Law, part II
- The like has been the endeavour of critics, logicians, and even politicians […].1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 9
Verb
endeavour (third-person singular simple present endeavours, present participle endeavouring, simple past and past participle endeavoured)
- British standard spelling of endeavor.
- And such were Prais'd who but endeavour'd well.1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC
- The other species of philosophers consider man in the light of a reasonable rather than an active being, and endeavour to form his understanding more than cultivate his manners.1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 2
endeavour meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
endeavour in Tamil
- பெரு முயற்சி செய், பெருமுயற்சி, பெருமுயற்சி செய்
endeavour in Urdu
- جہد, کوشش, سعی, کوشش کرنا, سعی کرنا
endeavour in Telugu
- to endeavour, attempt, try
- యత్నించు yatniñcu
- to endeavour, take into one's head, to begin or commence
- తలపెట్టు talapeṭṭu
endeavour in Malayalam
- attempt, try, seek
- ഉദ്യമിക്കുക, യത്നിക്കക, പ്രയത്നിക്കുക, ശ്രമിക്കുക, ഉത്സാഹിക്കുക, വിചാരിക്കുക
- try, attempt, bid
- പരിശ്രമം, പ്രയത്നം, യത്നം, പ്രയതി, യതനം, ശ്രമം
- exertion, effort, striving
- പരിശ്രമം, യത്നം, പ്രയത്നം, പ്രയതനം, പരാക്രമം, അതിവാഹനം
- venture, undertaking, enterprise
- ശ്രമം, വ്യവസായം, വ്യാപാരം, വ്യാപൃതി, സംരംഭം, കർമ്മം
More languagesFewer languages
- endeavour in Kannada
- ಊಕ, ಎತ್ತುಗಡೆ, ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಪಡು, ಹೋರಾಡು
Examples of endeavour in a sentence
- The goal of this interconfessional endeavour is to bring harmony and understanding between these disparate churches.
- For the majority of owners, its four-wheel-drive endeavours will be of purely academic interest.
- However, we assume that despite the best endeavours of science, some phobias will always remain.
Forms of endeavour
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | endeavours |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | endeavours |
| present participle | endeavouring |
| past participle | endeavoured |
| past | endeavoured |
Words formed from endeavour
Phrases with endeavour
Words that rhyme with endeavour
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Questions about endeavour
- What does endeavour mean?
- Endeavour means british standard spelling of endeavor.
- What is endeavour in Tamil?
- Endeavour in Tamil is பெரு முயற்சி செய், பெருமுயற்சி, பெருமுயற்சி செய். See Endeavour meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is endeavour?
- Endeavour can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce endeavour?
- Endeavour is pronounced /ɪnˈdɛv.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of endeavour?
- The plural of endeavour is endeavours.
Words near endeavour in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: endeavour (page history and authors); endeavour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endeavour (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తలపెట్టు (Telugu) (page history and authors); endeavour (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); endeavour (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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