Endeavor

Quick meaning: Endeavor is a noun meaning A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.

Meaning

A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.
2. To work with purpose.
3. (obsolete) To exert oneself.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To attempt (something).

Example Sentences

He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.

Word Forms

• endeavors
• endeavour
• endeavoring
• endeavored

Synonyms for endeavor

Depending on context, synonyms include strive, pursuit, undertaking, activity, doings, enterprise.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include endeavour, strive, try, attempt, effort, enterprise.

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