Endeavour

Definitions: Endeavour

Endeavour

Noun

1. A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise".

2. 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".

Verb

1. Attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy".

Date "endeavour" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

"Endeavour" is a common misspelling or typo for: endeavor.

Synonyms: Endeavour

Synonyms: attempt (n), effort (n), enterprise (n), try (n), endeavor (v), strive (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Endeavour

Specialty definitions using "endeavour": recommended practice ♦ TO MILK THE PIGEON. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Dark Endeavour (1933)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Captain Cook's Endeavour (Anatomy of the Ship) (reference) Endeavour Views the Earth : Astronauts' Photographs from Space Shuttle Mission STS-47 (reference) Endurance & Endeavour 1812-1980 2e (reference) Memoirs of hope: renewal, 1958-62; endeavour, 1962- (reference) The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks: The Australian Journey (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Endeavour (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Endeavour to Persevere [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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	Endeavour is Delivered to the Kennedy Space Center.Credit: NASA.		Endeavour with Columbia Ferry Flyby.Credit: NASA.
	Endeavour on Runway with Columbia on SCA Overhead.Credit: NASA.		Endeavour Arrival.Credit: NASA.
	Space Shuttle Endeavour Rollout.Credit: NASA.		Endeavour on Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.Credit: NASA.
	Black smoker chimney on Endeavour Ridge spouts super-heated water and chemicals.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).
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Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	But I shall endeavour to shew, how men might come to have a property in several parts of that which God gave to mankind in common, and that without any express compact of all the commoners. (Second Treatise of Government)
Communist Manifesto	1848	They, therefore, endeavour, and that consistently, to deaden the class struggle and to reconcile the class antagonisms. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	When the whole or part of a debt is not admitted the two Clearing Offices will examine into the matter jointly and will endeavour to bring the parties to an agreement. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Her first attempts at usefulness were in an endeavour to find out who were the parents, but Harriet could not tell.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	But, if it insist upon being alive, we attack it and endeavour to kill it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Australia	Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and English explorers observed the island before 1770, when Captain Cook explored the east coast and claimed it for Great Britain (three American colonists were crew members aboard Cook's ship, the Endeavour). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Endeavour" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 56.45% of the time. "Endeavour" is used about 642 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	56.45%	363	14,875
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	31.1%	200	21,580
Lexical Verb (base form)	11.66%	75	38,535
Noun (proper)	0.62%	4	175,879
Noun (common)	0.16%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	642	N/A

Expression using "endeavour": make every endeavour. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "endeavour"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		përpjekje (attempt, crack, drive, effort, endeavor, exertion, offer, patience, prolusion, pull, push, skirmish, stroke, try, venture, whack), përpiqem (aim, attempt, bang, endeavor, essay, exert, exert oneself, offer, pretend, seek, strive, take trouble, try), orvatem (attempt, endeavor, strive, try), mundohem (agonize, endeavor, fag, labor, labour, plod, sweat, toil, try), çalltis (endeavor, fare, finagle, rub along, shift), çallëstis (endeavor, fare, finagle). (various references)

Arabic		‏محاولة (assay, attempt, bid, effort, endeavor, essay, fling, go, shot, trial, try, whirl), ‏مسعى (attempt, effort, endeavor), ‏همة (endeavor, intention, mettle, vim), ‏حاول (aim, attempt, endeavor, essay, give it a try, have a try, make a bid, make up, seek, study, try), ‏سعى (aim, endeavor, pursue, strive). (various references)

Bulgarian		старая се (endeavor, exert oneself, labor, labour, study, try), усилие (ado, effort, endeavor, exertion, intension, push, stab, stress, struggle, trouble), опитвам се да (endeavor), правя усилия (endeavor, strive). (various references)

Chinese		努力 (Diligence, Diligent, Effort, Endeavor, strive, Striven, striving). (various references)

Czech		usilovat (endeavor, press, pursue, strive, struggle), snaha (effort, endeavor, pursuit, study), snažit se (endeavor, push, strive, study, try, try hard). (various references)

Danish		bestræbe sig (aim, attempt, take steps, undertake). (various references)

Dutch		trachten (aim, attempt, take steps, undertake), streven (aim, attempt, bother, efforts, strive for, take steps, try, undertake), pogen (aim, attempt, bother, take steps, try, undertake), moeite doen (aim, attempt, take steps, undertake). (various references)

Esperanto		peni (aim, attempt, try), klopodi (aim, attempt, take steps, undertake). (various references)

Faeroese		strevast (aim, attempt, bother, strive for, try), sjabba (aim, attempt, bother, try), royna (aim, attempt, go through, live to see, take steps, test, try, undertake), kýta seg (aim, attempt, bother, try), gera sær ómak (aim, attempt, take steps, undertake). (various references)

Finnish		koettaa (aim, attempt, bother, sample, seek, test, try). (various references)

French		peiner. (various references)

German		bemühung (attempt, effort, endeavor, endevour), anstrengung (effort, efforts, endeavor, exertion, institution, labor, labour, push, strain, strenuousness, struggle, tension, trouble, work), sich bemühen (aim, attempt, bother, endeavor, labor, labour, lay out, proceed, take steps, to try, try, try for, try hard, undertake), sich anstrengen (aim, attempt, bother, endeavor, exert, exert oneself, make an effort, strain, take steps, to make an effort, try, undertake), bemühen (bestir, bother, effort, efforts, endeavor, endeavors, endeavours, engage, exert, trouble). (various references)

Greek		προσπαθώ (attempt, endeavor, exert, exert oneself, strive, try), πασχίζω (endeavor, strive, toil, try hard). (various references)

Hebrew		מאמץ (effort, exertion, strain, stress, struggle), ל�"תאמץ (be at pains, endeavor, exert oneself, strain, strive, struggle, take trouble, tug), ל�"שת�"ל (aim, attempt, endeavor, exert oneself, make an effort, try), ל� סות (angle, attempt, endeavor, essay, examine, experiment, have a go, test, try, try out), �"תעצמות (embodiment, intensification, strengthening), �"תאמצות (effort, strain), �"שת�"לות (attempt, effort, endeavor, intercession). (various references)

Hungarian		igyekezet (care, diligence, endeavor, endeavoring, haste, industry, pains, push, sedulity, sedulousness, striving, struggle). (various references)

Indonesian		usaha (effort, venture), berusaha (try, undertake). (various references)

Italian		tentativo (attempt, bid, crack, endeavor, essay, stab, try), tentare di (endeavor, seek), tentare (attempt, endeavor, essay, tempt, try), sforzo (attempt, drive, effort, endeavor, exertion, nisus, push, strain, stress, striving, struggle, urge, work), sforzarsi (attempt, endeavor, overstrain, strain, strive, struggle), cercare (ask for, attempt, dig, endeavor, Hunt, look, look for, look up, pick, prospect, scavenge, search, search for, seek, seek after, seek for, to search for, want). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		努力 (effort, exertion, great effort). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		どりょく (effort, exertion, great effort). (various references)

Korean		노� � (Effort, Endeavor, Endeavoring, striving). (various references)

Manx		streeu (altercate; striving, altercation, conflict, contend, contention, contest, cope, disagree, discord, disputation, encounter, flare up, scuffle, squabble, strife, strive, variance), shirrey (apply, cast about, go after, prospect, request, require, search, seek, seeking, solicit, solicitation, soliciting). (various references)

Norwegian		forsøke (aim, attempt, bother, try). (various references)

Pig Latin		endeavouray

Polish		starać się. (various references)

Portuguese		esforço (ado, attempt, campaign, doings, effort, endeavor, exertion, fetch, heft, pain, painstaking, strain, straining, struggle, tax, tension, test, work, works). (various references)

Romanian		încerca (aim, assay, attempt, bother, endeavor, essay, experience, fit on, make, offer, sample, taste, tempt, test, try, undergo, undertake). (various references)

Russian		силиться (endeavor, try), пытаться (attempt, be sought to, endeavor, have a go at, make a stab at, make an attempt, make attempt, offer, seek, try), порываться (try), попытка (attempt, effort, endeavor, essay, offer, shot, tinkering, trial, try). (various references)

Scottish		oidhirp (attempt, effort, undertaking). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nastojati (endeavor, strive), napor (dint, effort, endeavor, exertion, pull, strain, stress). (various references)

Spanish		tratar de (aim, attempt, deal with, discuss, endeavor, lecture, take steps, try, try to, undertake), esfuerzo (attempt, brunt, courage, effort, endeavor, exertion, labor, labour, pull, spirit, strain, stress, stretch, struggle, tax, toil, trouble, vigor, vigour, work), esforzarse por (aim, attempt, take steps, undertake). (various references)

Swedish		strävan (ambition, aspiration, endeavor, striving), sträva (aim, aspire, brace, endeavor, labor, labour, strive, strut, toil), bemöda sig (endeavor, exert oneself, strive). (various references)

Thai		พยายาม (คำทางการ) (endeavor, essay), ความพยายาม (attempt, dry run, endeavor, push, stab). (various references)

Turkish		uğraşmak (agonize, attack, be at war with, be occupied in doing, be occupied with doing, come at, contend, cope, deal, endeavor, engage in, exert oneself, fight, get at, go in for, grapple, groove, haze, labor, labour, make an effort, mess around with, mess with, moil, monkey around with, monkey with, pick on, push, seek, set to, strive, strive against, struggle, tackle, toil, try hard, tug, tussle, work away, work hard, wrestle), uğraş (avocation, employment, endeavor, engagement, exertion, occupation, profession, resource, struggle, toil, tug, wrestle), gayret etmek (cultivate, endeavor, go for, hump, hump oneself, jockey for, make an effort, rustle, strain, strain after, strain at, strive, study, take care, try), gayret (Ardor, ardour, assiduity, conation, effort, endeavor, energy, enthusiasm, exertion, fervency, fervor, fervour, go, hastiness, industry, intentness, keenness, nerve, pep, push, sedulity, slog, snap, spurt, strenuousness, struggle, studiousness, tug, vim, zeal, zip), çalışmak (aim, aim at, behave, catch, endeavor, fire, function, labor, labour, operate, practice, practise, serve, start, start up, struggle, study, try, work), çabalamak (endeavor, exert oneself, go after, go for, hump oneself, scramble, strain, strain at, strive, struggle, study, tug, work), çaba harcamak (endeavor, labor, labour, push, rustle), çaba (diligence, effort, endeavor, exertion, industry, nerve, push, strenuousness, struggle, try, working, zip). (various references)

Ukranian		старатися (endeavor, strive), старання (eagerness, endeavor), намагання (attempt, endeavor), прагнути (affect, aim, aspire, endeavor, ensue, gasp for, gravitate, hanker, point, try for, wish for). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự rán sức (elbow-grease, exertion), sự nỗ lực, sự gắng sức (drive, driven), sự cố gắng (attempt, draw, drawn, drew, effort, smite, smitten, smote, trouble). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Metapenaeus endeavouri. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	2 Peter Chapter 1, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Spoudasw de kai ekastote ecein umaV meta thn emhn exodon thn toutwn mnhmhn poieisqai
Latin	405	Vulgate	Dabo autem operam et frequenter habere vos post obitum meum ut horum memoriam faciatis
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But Y schal yyue bisynesse, and ofte after my deth ye haue mynde of these thingis.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	I will enfource therfore that on every syde ye myght have wherwith to stere vp the remembraunce of these thynges after my departynge.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Moreover, I will endeavor that ye may be able, after my decease, to have these things always in remembrance.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	2 Peter Chapter 1, Verse 15
Bulgarian	Защото, ако Бог не пощади и ангели, когато съгрешиха, но ги хвърли в мрака на най-дълбоките ровове, и ги предаде да бъдат вардени за съд;
Cebuano	Ug paningkamotan ko aron nga bisan kon unya patay na ako, makahimo gihapon kamo sa paghinumdom niining mga butanga bisan kanus-a.
Chinese	並 �" 我要盡心竭力、使 � 們在我去世以後、時常記念這些事。
Croatian	A pobrinut æu se da se i nakon mojeg izlaska uvijek toga sjeæate.
Danish	Og jeg vil også gøre mig Flid for, at t til enhver Tid efter min Bortgang kunne drage eder dette i Minde.
Dutch	Doch ik zal ook naarstigheid doen bij alle gelegenheid, dat gij na mijn uitgang van deze dingen gedachtenis moogt hebben.
Finnish	Mutta minä olen huolehtiva siitä, että te minun lähtöni jälkeenkin aina voisitte tämän muistaa.
French	Mais j`aurai soin qu`après mon départ vous puissiez toujours vous souvenir de ces choses.
German	Ich will aber Fleiß tun, daß ihr allezeit nach meinem Abschied solches im Gedächtnis halten könnt.
Haitian Creole	Men, m'ap fè tout posib mwen pou nou pa janm bliye bagay sa yo lè m' fin ale.
Hungarian	De igyekezni fogok azon, hogy ti az én halálom után is mindenkor megemlékezhessetek ezekrõl.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Maka saya akan berusaha supaya sesudah saya meninggal pun, kalian selalu mengingat kembali hal-hal ini.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Sesungguhnya aku akan berusaha, supaya pada tiap-tiap masa, kemudian daripada kematianku, kamu dapat mengenang segala perkara ini.
Italian	E procurerò che anche dopo la mia partenza voi abbiate a ricordarvi di queste cose.
Korean	내 가 힘 써 너 희 로 하 여 금 나 의 � 난 후 에 라 도 필 �" � 때 �" 이 런 것 을 생 각 나 게 하 � � 하 노 라
Latvian	Bet es rûpçðos, lai jûs arî pçc manas nâves varçtu bieþi to pieminçt.
Maori	Ka puta ano hoki toku uaua kia mau tonu to koutou mahara ki enei mea i muri i toku matenga.
Modern Greek	Θελω ομως επιμεληθη, ωστε σεις και μετα την αποβιωσιν μου να δυνασθε παντοτε να ενθυμησθε αυτα.
Norwegian	Men jeg vil og gjøre mig flid for at I til enhver tid efter min bortgang skal kunne minnes dette.
Portuguese	Mas procurarei diligentemente que também em toda ocasião depois da minha morte tenhais lembrança destas coisas.
Rumanian	Kmi voi da osteneala dar, ca, wi dupq moartea mea, sq vq puteyi aduce totdeauna aminte de aceste lucruri.
Russian	вХ�"Х ЦЕ УФБТБФШУС, ЮФП�'Щ ЧЩ Й � ПУМЕ НПЕЗП ПФЫЕУФЧЙС ЧУЕЗ�"Б � ТЙЧП�"ЙМЙ ЬФП ОБ � БНСФШ.
Shuar	Tura wi jakamtai, wi aajna juna tuke kajinmatkiirum tusan, wi jeajna nuna Túrattajai.
Spanish	también procuraré con empeño que, después de mi partida, vosotros podáis tener memoria de estas cosas en todo momento.
Swahili	Basi, nitajitahidi kuwapatieni njia ya kuyakumbuka mambo haya kila wakati, baada ya kufariki kwangu.
Swedish	Men jag vill härmed sörja för, att I också efter min bortgång städse kunnen draga eder detta till minnes.
Thai	ยิ่งกว่านั้นข้าพเจ้าจะอุตส่าห์กระทำให้ท่านทั้งหลายระลึกถึงสิ่งเหล่านี้เสมอเมื่อข้าพเจ้าตายแล้ว
Ukrainian	А я пильнуватиму, щоб ви й по мо�"му відході завжди мали це в пам'яті.
Uma	Toe pai' kuhuduwukui wo'o bona ane mate-apa mpai', ma'ala oa' -koi mpokiwoi hawe'ea toe lau.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "endeavour": endeavoured, endeavouring, endeavours. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "endeavour" (pronounced ende"ver)
6	e n d e" v er	endeavor.
3	-e" v er	clever, ever, forever, haver, however, lever, never, sever, whatever, whatsoever, whenever, wherever, whichever, whoever, whomever, whomsoever, whosoever.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-n-o-r-u-v"
	-1 letter: endeavor.
	-2 letters: overdue, ravened, rondeau.
	-3 letters: around, avenue, devour, earned, endear, endure, enduro, enured, evader, neared, nerved, oeuvre, overed, reaved, redone, undoer, unread, unrove, vender, vendor, vendue.
	-4 letters: adore, adorn, anode, daven, deave, denar, devon, donee, doura, doven, drave, drone, drove, eared, eaved, ender, endue, enure, erode, evade, nerve, never, novae, nuder, oared, oread, radon, ranee, raved, raven, reave, redan, redon, revue, rouen, round, roved, roven, undee, under, uredo, vaned, veena, venae, venue, vodun.
	-5 letters: aeon, aero, arvo, aver, dare, darn, dean, dear, deer, dene, dere, deva, doer, dona, done, dore, dour, dove, dree, dune, dura, dure, durn, duro, earn, eave, erne, euro, even, ever, nard, nave, near, need, nerd, neve, node, nova, nude, nurd, odea, orad, oven, over, rand, rave, read, rede, redo, reed, rend, road, roan, rode, roue, rove, rude, rued, rune, unde, undo, urea, uvea, vane, veer, vena, vend, vera.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-n-o-r-u-v"
	+1 letter: endeavours, manoeuvred.
	+2 letters: endeavoured.
	+3 letters: adenoviruses, endeavouring.
	+4 letters: adventuresome, countervailed, outmaneuvered, overabundance, overcautioned, overeducating, overeducation.
	+5 letters: overabundances, overadjustment, overeducations, overencouraged, overpersuading, predevaluation, undiscoverable.
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