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endeavour1 verbendeavour2 noun endeavouren‧deav‧our1 British English, endeavor American English /ɪnˈdevə $ -ər/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]   endeavour1Origin: 1400-1500 dever ‘duty’ (13-17 centuries), from Old French deveir VERB TABLEendeavour (BrE) |
| Present | I, you, we, they | endeavour (BrE) | | he, she, it | endeavours (BrE) | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | endeavoured (BrE) | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have endeavoured (BrE) | | he, she, it | has endeavoured (BrE) | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had endeavoured (BrE) | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will endeavour | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have endeavoured (BrE) |
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| Present | I | am endeavouring (BrE) | | he, she, it | is endeavouring (BrE) | | you, we, they | are endeavouring (BrE) | | Past | I, he, she, it | was endeavouring (BrE) | | you, we, they | were endeavouring (BrE) | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been endeavouring (BrE) | | he, she, it | has been endeavouring (BrE) | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been endeavouring (BrE) | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be endeavouring (BrE) | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been endeavouring (BrE) |
- Auguste was endeavouring to be both detective and maîtred'hôtel for the matter of tea, torn as usual by twin loves.
- It is very important that the two partners endeavour to: Agree on discipline.
- Joan opened it, endeavouring to appear calm.
- Other churches have endeavoured to build effective congregational structures to express both homogeneity and heterogeneity.
- The management control process should endeavour to measure whether predetermined goals are being achieved.
- They endeavoured, on a number of levels, to make themselves more accountable than previous Labour councils had been.
- We will endeavour to sell your items for you.
► try to take action in order to do something that you may not be able to do: · I tried to explain what was wrong.· He tries hard in class, but he’s finding the work difficult. ► attempt to try to do something, especially something difficult. Attempt is more formal than try and is used especially in written English: · Any prisoner who attempts to escape will be shot.· He was attempting to climb one of the world’s highest mountains. ► do your best to try as hard as you can to do something: · We will do our best to help them. ► make an effort to do something to try to do something, when you find this difficult: · It is worth making an effort to master these skills.· She made a big effort to be nice to him. ► struggle to try very hard to do something that is very difficult, especially for a long time: · She’s still struggling to give up smoking.· Many of these families are struggling to survive. ► strive formal to try very hard to achieve something: · The company must constantly strive for greater efficiency. ► endeavour British English, endeavor American English formal to try hard to do something: · Each employee shall endeavour to provide customers with the best service possible. ► have a go/try informal to try to do something, especially when you are not sure that you will succeed: · I’m not very good at fixing taps, but I’ll have a go.· Do you want to have another try? ► see if you can do something spoken to try to do something – used when offering to do something, or suggesting that someone should do something: · I’ll see if I can get you a ticket.· See if you can persuade her to come. to try to do something► try · Sorry I didn't phone you. I did try, but your line was busy.· I tried all the keys, but none of them would open the door.try to do something · I tried to get another job but I had no luck.· Try to relax and empty your mind.· He tried to walk past me down the stairs, but I stopped him.try hard (=try using a lot of effort) · I was trying hard to concentrate, but my mind kept wandering.try doing something · You could try parking by the library - there's usually room in the car park there.try and do something · I'll tell some jokes to try and cheer him up. ► attempt to try to do something, especially something that is difficult, dangerous, or new: · No one has attempted this experiment before.· A rescue was attempted by Coast Guards, but it was not successful.attempt to do something: · Any prisoner who attempts to escape will be shot.· Someone had attempted to open the car door.· They are attempting to become the first to climb Everest without oxygen tanks. ► have a try also have a go especially British spoken to try to do something, especially when you think you may not succeed: · I can't get the lid off this jar. Do you want to have a try?· Have a go - you might be able to get the answer.have a try/go at doing something: · We had a go at trying to coax the cat indoors using scraps of food. ► see if you can do something spoken to try to do something - use this either to offer to do something for someone, or to ask someone to do something for you: · If you want to come to the show, I'll see if I can get you a ticket.· See if you can get him to change his mind. ► make an attempt to try on one occasion to do something, especially something difficult, dangerous, or new: make an attempt to do something: · I made an attempt to apologize, but Brian wouldn't even talk to me.· Several attempts were made to negotiate with the gunmen.make no attempt to do something: · The protesters made no attempt to resist arrest. ► endeavour to do something British /endeavor to do something American formal to try to do something: · We always endeavour to provide our customers with the highest standards of service.· I remained for some time endeavouring to engage Mr Campbell in conversation. ► seek to do something formal to try to achieve something, especially something that may take a long time but which you think is important: · The Smiths are now seeking to take their case to the European Court.· For over two decades the USA sought to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.· Our economic policies seek to increase productivity, expand markets and create jobs. ► struggle to do something to try to do something that is difficult: · There are too many families struggling to survive on low incomes.· I found my father struggling to lift one end of an enormous chest of drawers.· She struggled to express her feelings. formal to try very hardendeavour to do something We always endeavor to please our customers.► see thesaurus at try |