Definitions for endeavor
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Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. enterprise, endeavor, endeavour(noun)

   a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

   "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"

2. attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try(verb)

   earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

   "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"

3. endeavor, endeavour, strive(verb)

   attempt by employing effort

   "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. endeavor(Noun)

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

2. endeavor(Noun)

   Enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity.

3. endeavor(Verb)

   To attempt through application of effort.

4. endeavor(Verb)

   To work with purpose.

Origin: From endevour, from endeveren, from putten in dever: in + dever (from deveir, devoir).

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1. Endeavor(verb)

   to exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt

2. Endeavor(verb)

   to exert one's self; to work for a certain end

3. Endeavor(noun)

   an exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial

Origin: [OE. endevor; pref. en- + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See Devoir, Debt.]

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1. Endeavor

   Endeavor is a village in Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 468 at the 2010 census.

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of endeavor in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of endeavor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of endeavor in a Sentence

1. Julia Louis-Dreyfus:

   It was a super-fun endeavor.

2. Fidel Castro:

   We shall endeavor to be brief.

3. Johnson:

   Where there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.

4. Granville Sharp:

   Always endeavor to really be what you would wish to appear.

5. Baruch Spinoza, The Ethics:

   He who loves God cannot endeavor that God should love him in return.

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