Endeavour
noun
A serious attempt or effort to do something.
James took a deep breath and made an endeavour to stay calm.
Often appears as...
- make an endeavour
- successful endeavour
verb
To try hard to do or achieve something.
She endeavoured to finish the race, despite her injury.
Often appears as...
- endeavour to finish
- endeavour to understand
noun
A serious attempt or effort to do something.
James took a deep breath and made an endeavour to stay calm.
Often appears as...
- make an endeavour
- successful endeavour
verb
To try hard to do or achieve something.
She endeavoured to finish the race, despite her injury.
Often appears as...
- endeavour to finish
- endeavour to understand
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Purposeful Action
Used when the action has a clear goal or intention.
Her latest endeavour was aimed at raising money for charity.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Effort
Implies a significant amount of thought and effort was put in.
Writing a novel is no small endeavour.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often used to describe efforts with a positive or noble aim.
Their endeavour to protect the environment won widespread support.
Pro Tip 1/3Purposeful Action
Used when the action has a clear goal or intention.
Her latest endeavour was aimed at raising money for charity.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Effort
Implies a significant amount of thought and effort was put in.
Writing a novel is no small endeavour.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often used to describe efforts with a positive or noble aim.
Their endeavour to protect the environment won widespread support.
Pro Tip 1/3Purposeful Action
Used when the action has a clear goal or intention.
Her latest endeavour was aimed at raising money for charity.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Effort
Implies a significant amount of thought and effort was put in.
Writing a novel is no small endeavour.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often used to describe efforts with a positive or noble aim.
Their endeavour to protect the environment won widespread support.
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Sniper Keeps His Cool PIPE...
Martin assembles the safety team and reviews the dangers of firing live rounds in the lab shooting guns indoors is not exactly a safe endeavor eisenerz everybody needs to have eye protection on if there's a safety violation or if there's a an emergency where there's an injury I'll call head in the medic
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On sincere and authentic...
and that's why I was cheering how it back this is this is strong this is tough it's it's but it's worth it because nothing is more wholesome to a government in any country but talking about our own nothing is more wholesome to a government to the political arena or to any endeavor than the increased
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Why giving away our...
there is some aid that was well-meaning and didn't go well. There's some venture capital investments that were well-meaning and didn't go well. You shouldn't just say, okay, because of that, because we don't have a perfect record, this is a bad endeavor. You should look at, what was your goal?
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Human sperm vs. the...
Microscopic creatures inhabit a world alien to us, where making it through an inch of water is an incredible endeavor. But why does size matter so much for a swimmer? What makes the world of a sperm so fundamentally different from that of a sperm whale?
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The way we think about...
and your character is called into question. So nonprofits are really reluctant to attempt any brave, daring, giant-scale new fundraising endeavors, for fear that if the thing fails, their reputations will be dragged through the mud. Well, you and I know
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Do we see reality as it...
at the thought that, if evolution does not favor reality, I mean, doesn't that to some extent undermine all our endeavors here, all our ability to think that we can think the truth, possibly even including your own theory, if you go there?
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Thoughts on humanity,...
Ideas were flowing with more freedom and speed. And I experienced the miracle of human innovation and cooperation, and my own creativity, when supported by the resourcefulness of this collective endeavor, catapulted me into superstardom.
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The woman who stared at...
Dragging a futon over her head for protection, Koyama would gaze at the night sky, tracking all sorts of astronomical phenomena. However, her latest endeavor required the light of day. By angling her telescope towards the sun,
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Never, ever give up PIPE...
Yeah. Thank you. And the third thing I said on that beach was, it looks like the most solitary endeavor in the world, and in many ways, of course, it is. And in other ways, and the most important ways,
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The San Antonio Speech PIPE...
of all those who labor a space endeavor with the help and support of all Americans we will climb this wall with safety and with speed and we shall then explore the wonders on the other side thank you
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Sniper Keeps His Cool PIPE...
Martin assembles the safety team and reviews the dangers of firing live rounds in the lab shooting guns indoors is not exactly a safe endeavor eisenerz everybody needs to have eye protection on if there's a safety violation or if there's a an emergency where there's an injury I'll call head in the medic
Video examples
On sincere and authentic...
and that's why I was cheering how it back this is this is strong this is tough it's it's but it's worth it because nothing is more wholesome to a government in any country but talking about our own nothing is more wholesome to a government to the political arena or to any endeavor than the increased
Video examples
Why giving away our...
there is some aid that was well-meaning and didn't go well. There's some venture capital investments that were well-meaning and didn't go well. You shouldn't just say, okay, because of that, because we don't have a perfect record, this is a bad endeavor. You should look at, what was your goal?
Video examples
Human sperm vs. the...
Microscopic creatures inhabit a world alien to us, where making it through an inch of water is an incredible endeavor. But why does size matter so much for a swimmer? What makes the world of a sperm so fundamentally different from that of a sperm whale?
Video examples
The way we think about...
and your character is called into question. So nonprofits are really reluctant to attempt any brave, daring, giant-scale new fundraising endeavors, for fear that if the thing fails, their reputations will be dragged through the mud. Well, you and I know
Video examples
Do we see reality as it...
at the thought that, if evolution does not favor reality, I mean, doesn't that to some extent undermine all our endeavors here, all our ability to think that we can think the truth, possibly even including your own theory, if you go there?
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
Ideas were flowing with more freedom and speed. And I experienced the miracle of human innovation and cooperation, and my own creativity, when supported by the resourcefulness of this collective endeavor, catapulted me into superstardom.
Video examples
The woman who stared at...
Dragging a futon over her head for protection, Koyama would gaze at the night sky, tracking all sorts of astronomical phenomena. However, her latest endeavor required the light of day. By angling her telescope towards the sun,
Video examples
Never, ever give up PIPE...
Yeah. Thank you. And the third thing I said on that beach was, it looks like the most solitary endeavor in the world, and in many ways, of course, it is. And in other ways, and the most important ways,
Video examples
The San Antonio Speech PIPE...
of all those who labor a space endeavor with the help and support of all Americans we will climb this wall with safety and with speed and we shall then explore the wonders on the other side thank you
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Yo Gotti
American Musician
Trap music to me isn't just a sound. If we're talking about what I think trap music is, I couldn't say that I created it or no one created it, because if you were living the same life that I was living and you're speaking about it, we just speaking about our endeavors in that world.
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Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
I said yes too much. I said yes to certain projects that weren't for me. It was somebody else's vision and somebody else's dream and somebody else's artistic endeavor, but it didn't necessarily fit in my grand scheme.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Author
To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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Y. G. Mahendran
My mom was a pillar of support to my father in his theatre endeavors.
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Anna Deavere Smith
American Actress
Making your life is ultimately an extraordinarily creative endeavor.
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Georgia May Jagger
English Model
My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.
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David Petraeus
American General
Life is a competitive endeavor.
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Yo Gotti
American Musician
Trap music to me isn't just a sound. If we're talking about what I think trap music is, I couldn't say that I created it or no one created it, because if you were living the same life that I was living and you're speaking about it, we just speaking about our endeavors in that world.
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Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
I said yes too much. I said yes to certain projects that weren't for me. It was somebody else's vision and somebody else's dream and somebody else's artistic endeavor, but it didn't necessarily fit in my grand scheme.
Quote examples
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
Quote examples
Henry David Thoreau
American Author
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Author
To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
Quote examples
Y. G. Mahendran
My mom was a pillar of support to my father in his theatre endeavors.
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Anna Deavere Smith
American Actress
Making your life is ultimately an extraordinarily creative endeavor.
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Georgia May Jagger
English Model
My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.
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David Petraeus
American General
Life is a competitive endeavor.
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