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# endeavour

«endeavour» in Mova's school dictionary: **A serious effort or attempt to do something: «a new…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (endeavour, endeavours); verb (endeavour, endeavours, endeavoured, endeavouring) — formal

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun, formal) A serious effort or attempt to do something: «a new endeavour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#m1)

2) (verb, formal) To try hard to do something: «We endeavour to help all pupils». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#m2)

3) (noun) Hard work towards a goal: «human endeavour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

A formal exam and school-report word: «He endeavours to do his best». In history: Captain Cook's ship was called the Endeavour; space endeavours. Phrases: «endeavour to», «in all your endeavours», «human endeavour», «make every endeavour».

### examples

- We endeavour to answer every letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x1)
- Climbing the mountain was a great endeavour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x2)
- Good luck in all your future endeavours! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x3)
- Captain Cook sailed the Endeavour to Australia and New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x4)
- The space station is a triumph of human endeavour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x5)
- She endeavoured to finish the race despite her sore knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x6)
- The other Centaurs, following his example, each endeavoured to capture a maiden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x7)

### note

British spelling «endeavour»; American «endeavor». Formal; in speech say «try», «effort». Verb takes «to + verb»: «endeavour to help». Pronounced en-DEV-er.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «endeavour» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.