endeavouring
Syllables: en·deav·our·ing/ɪnˈdɛvəɹɪŋ/
endeavouring is the present participle and gerund of endeavour.
endeavouring is the alternative form of endeavoring.
Meaning of endeavour
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
Meaning of endeavoring
Noun
endeavoring (plural endeavorings)
- The act by which one endeavors or strives; an attempt.
- This is so because efforts, exertions, and endeavorings, if they were to exist, would need to be actions themselves, or parts of actions, or subactions or behaviors of some sort […]2012, Timothy O'Connor, Constantine Sandis, A Companion to the Philosophy of Action
Forms of endeavouring
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| alternative US | endeavoring |
| Noun | |
| plural | endeavourings |
Questions about endeavouring
- What is endeavouring the present participle and gerund of?
- Endeavouring is the present participle and gerund of endeavour.
- How do you pronounce endeavouring?
- Endeavouring is pronounced /ɪnˈdɛvəɹɪŋ/.
Words near endeavouring in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: endeavouring (page history and authors); endeavour (page history and authors); endeavoring (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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