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Meanings of endeavor in English

Portuguese
tarefa
Catalan
temptativa
Spanish
tarea

Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.

tarefa
Portuguese
esforçar-se
Spanish
esforzarse

To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.

esforçar-se
Usage of endeavor in English
1
The law governs every type of human endeavor, including politics and literature.
The new yorker
2
But there are good political reasons to take up an athletic endeavor.
NY Magazine
3
The endeavor has since brought multiple alarming flaws to light every year.
Wired
4
However the company is still hoping to profit handsomely from the endeavor.
Reuters
5
With my particular skill set, such an endeavor could be quite entertaining.
Blameless
6
But I will endeavor to give some general idea of the Exhibition.
Glances at Europe / In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, F...
7
Our faith in the American people is reflected in another major endeavor.
State of the Union Addresses
8
The brightness of the sunshiny day aided her unconsciously in this endeavor.
The Mayor's Wife
9
They are the little things in the confused maelstrom of human endeavor.
Adventures in the Arts / Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudevil...
10
Therefore, man must endeavor in all things to investigate the fundamental reality.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
11
He slept badly; his long endeavor for a horse ended in nightmares.
Buying a Horse
12
This is really a proof of concept endeavor for the Princeton team.
Wired
13
You endeavor in your address to separate the sovereign from the nation.
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Volume 11
14
Prominence was given to local endeavor in behalf of the helpless poor.
Oswald Langdon / or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1...
15
The Martian project is the single most ambitious endeavor in human history.
Gods of Risk
16
I had the same problem as I did with my masking-tape endeavor.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
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Translations for endeavor
Endeavor through the time
Endeavor across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common