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Noun: endeavour  in'de-vu(r) or en'de-vu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: endeavor)
  1. A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
    "he had doubts about the whole endeavour";
    - enterprise, endeavor [US]
     
  2. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
    "wished him luck in his endeavour"; "made an endeavour to cover all the reading material";
    - attempt, effort, endeavor [US], try
Verb: endeavour  in'de-vu(r) or en'de-vu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: endeavor)
  1. Attempt by employing effort
    "we endeavour to make our customers happy";
    - endeavor [US], strive

Derived forms: endeavouring, endeavoured, endeavours

Type of: activity, assay, attempt, essay, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], project, seek, task, try, undertaking

Encyclopedia: Endeavour, Trinidad and Tobago

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