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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
The verb is from Middle English endeveren (“to make an effort”); the noun is from Middle English endevour, from the verb. Endeveren is from (putten) in dever (“(to put oneself) in duty”), from in + dever (“duty”), partially translating Middle French (se mettre) en devoir (de faire) (“(to make it) one's duty (to do), to endeavour (to do)”) (from Old French devoir, deveir (“duty”)).
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Noun
endeavor (plural endeavors) (American spelling)
- A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
1944 June 6, Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Prayer on D-Day”, in Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, archived from the original on June 29, 2016:My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer: Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.
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Translations
a sincere attempt
- American Sign Language: A@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross-A@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross A@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-A@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown
- Armenian: ճիգ (hy) (čig), ջանք (hy) (ǰankʻ)
- Bulgarian: усилие (bg) n (usilie), старание (bg) n (staranie)
- Catalan: esforç (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 努力 (zh) (nǔlì), 使命 (zh) (shiming)
- Czech: úsilí (cs) n, snaha (cs) f
- Danish: stræben
- Dutch: inspanning (nl), ijveren (nl) n, poging (nl)
- Finnish: yritys (fi), ponnistus (fi), pyrkimys (fi)
- French: effort (fr) m
- Galician: fosallo m, femeza f, lideira f, retesía f
- German: Bemühung (de) f, Bestreben (de) n
- Greek: προσπάθεια (el) f (prospátheia)
- Hebrew: (please verify) ניסיון، מאמץ، להשתדל
- Hindi: प्रयत्न (hi) m (prayatna), कोशिश (hi) f (kośiś), प्रयास (hi) m (prayās), प्रयत्न (hi) m (prayatna), जतन (hi) m (jatan)
- Hungarian: igyekezet (hu)
- Italian: tentativo (it) m, impegno (it), sforzo (it) m
- Japanese: 努力 (ja) (どりょく, doryoku)
- Khmer: ការខំប្រឹងខ្នះខ្នែង (kaa kʰɑm prəng knah knaeng)
- Macedonian: о́бид m (óbid), по́тфат m (pótfat), на́пор m (nápor), обиду́вање n (obidúvanje), настоју́вање n (nastojúvanje)
- Malay: usaha (ms), ikhtiar
- Occitan: esfòrç (oc) m
- Ottoman Turkish: صاواش (savaş)
- Persian: کوشش (fa) (kušeš)
- Polish: dążenie (pl) n, próba (pl) f, usiłowanie (pl) n
- Portuguese: tentativa (pt) f, empreitada (pt) f
- Romanian: tentativă (ro) f, strădanie (ro)
- Russian: попы́тка (ru) f (popýtka), стара́ние (ru) n (staránije), уси́лие (ru) n (usílije), стремле́ние (ru) n (stremlénije)
- Scottish Gaelic: iomairt f
- Slovak: úsilie (sk) n, snaha (sk) f
- Spanish: tentativa (es) f, esfuerzo (es) m, empeño (es) m
- Swedish: sträva (sv)
- Ukrainian: намага́ння (uk) n (namahánnja)
- Welsh: ymdrech (cy)
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enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
- Arabic: مُحَاوَلَة m (muḥāwala), غَايَة m (ḡāya)
- Catalan: esforç (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 企业 (zh) (qǐyè), 事業/事业 (zh) (shìyè)
- Czech: snaha (cs) f
- Danish: bestræbelse
- Dutch: (en) inspanning (nl), moeite (nl), streven (nl) n
- Finnish: yritys (fi), pyrkimys (fi)
- French: effort (fr) m, entreprise (fr) f
- Galician: laboura f, auso m, angueira f, barileza f, afouteza f
- German: Unternehmen (de) n, Unterfangen (de) n
- Greek: απόπειρα (el) f (apópeira)
- Italian: impresa (it) f, impegno (it) m
- Japanese: 事業 (ja) (じぎょう, jigyō)
- Khmer: សហគ្រាស (km) (sa’ha’krieh)
- Macedonian: претприја́тие n (pretprijátie)
- Persian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: przedsięwzięcie (pl) n
- Portuguese: esforço (pt) m, empenho (pt) m
- Romanian: strădanie (ro)
- Russian: предприя́тие (ru) n (predprijátije)
- Scottish Gaelic: iomairt f
- Slovak: úloha f, podujatie n
- Spanish: empresa (es) f, empeño (es) m, persistente (es)
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Verb
endeavor (third-person singular simple present endeavors, present participle endeavoring, simple past and past participle endeavored) (American spelling)
- (obsolete) To exert oneself.
- (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.
- (obsolete, transitive) To attempt (something).
- To work with purpose.
2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 February 2012, page 162: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.
Synonyms
Translations
attempt through application of effort
- American Sign Language: A@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross-A@NearInsideChesthigh-PalmAcross A@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-A@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown
- Bulgarian: опитвам се (opitvam se), старая се (staraja se)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 努力 (zh) (nǔlì)
- Czech: usilovat o, snažit se o, namáhat se za
- Danish: bestræbe sig
- Dutch: zich beijveren, proberen (nl), nastreven (nl)
- Esperanto: peni (eo)
- Finnish: ponnistella (fi), yrittää (fi), pyrkiä (fi)
- French: tenter (fr), s’efforcer, tâcher (fr)
- German: anstrengen (de), (sich) bemühen, bestreben (de)
- Greek: προσπαθώ (el) (prospathó), πασχίζω (el) (paschízo), αποπειρώμαι (el) (apopeirómai)
- Hindi: प्रयास करना (prayās karnā), कोशिश करना (kośiś karnā)
- Hungarian: igyekszik (hu)
- Italian: tentare (it), sforzarsi (it), adoperarsi (it)
- Japanese: 努力する (どりょくする, doryokusuru), 努力する (ja) (どりょくする, doryoku suru)
- Kazakh: ыждағат ету (yjdağat etu)
- Latin: mōlior, nītor (la)
- Macedonian: се оби́дува (se obíduva), насто́јува (nastójuva)
- Maori: whakakoro
- Persian: کوشش کردن (fa) (kušeš kardan)
- Polish: usiłować (pl), starać się (pl)
- Portuguese: tentar (pt)
- Romanian: strădui (ro)
- Russian: пыта́ться (ru) impf (pytátʹsja), стара́ться (ru) impf (starátʹsja), прилага́ть уси́лия impf (prilagátʹ usílija)
- Spanish: procurar (es), esforzar (es)
- Turkish: gayret etmek (tr), (law) teşvik etmek (tr), çabalamak (tr), çaba sarfetmek, uğraş göstermek
- Vietnamese: cố gắng (vi)
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