[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/endeavour/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) / endeavour

# endeavour

noun (endeavour, endeavours); verb (endeavour, endeavours, endeavoured, endeavouring) — formal

«endeavour» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (noun, formal) A serious effort or attempt to do something: «a new endeavour». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#m1)
2. (verb, formal) To try hard to do something: «We endeavour to help all pupils». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#m2)
3. (noun) Hard work towards a goal: «human endeavour». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#m3)

### In the lessons

A formal exam and school-report word: «He endeavours to do his best». In history: Captain Cook's ship was called the Endeavour; space endeavours. Phrases: «endeavour to», «in all your endeavours», «human endeavour», «make every endeavour».

### Examples

- We endeavour to answer every letter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x1)
- Climbing the mountain was a great endeavour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x2)
- Good luck in all your future endeavours! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x3)
- Captain Cook sailed the Endeavour to Australia and New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x4)
- The space station is a triumph of human endeavour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x5)
- She endeavoured to finish the race despite her sore knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x6)
- The other Centaurs, following his example, each endeavoured to capture a maiden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/#x7)

### Note

British spelling «endeavour»; American «endeavor». Formal; in speech say «try», «effort». Verb takes «to + verb»: «endeavour to help». Pronounced en-DEV-er.

## In Jewish tradition

In these texts it means a deed or doing, the way a person acts, and not only a hard try. The psalmist asks God to repay people for what they have actually done.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the verse as a plea for fair justice, with God repaying people according to their deeds. It is not a wish for cruelty.

### Examples

- Give them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of their endeavours; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. (Writings PSA.28.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/endeavour/#x1)

### Note

British spelling «endeavour»; American «endeavor». Formal; in speech say «try», «effort». Verb takes «to + verb»: «endeavour to help». Pronounced en-DEV-er.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «endeavour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/endeavour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«endeavour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/endeavour.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «endeavour» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/endeavour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«endeavour» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/endeavour.html) on Mova free.