noun
1. a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) (Freq. 5)
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he had doubts about the whole enterprise
• Syn: ↑enterprise, ↑endeavour
• Derivationally related forms: ↑endeavour (for: ↑endeavour), ↑enterpriser (for: ↑enterprise)
• Hypernyms: ↑undertaking, ↑project, ↑task, ↑labor
• Hyponyms: ↑racket, ↑fraudulent scheme, ↑illegitimate enterprise, ↑forlorn hope, ↑business activity, ↑commercial activity
2. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something (Freq. 3)
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made an effort to cover all the reading material
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wished him luck in his endeavor
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she gave it a good try
• Derivationally related forms: ↑try (for: ↑try), ↑endeavour (for: ↑endeavour), ↑attempt (for: ↑attempt)
• Hypernyms: ↑activity
• Hyponyms:
↑batting, ↑best, ↑worst, ↑bid, ↑play, ↑crack, ↑fling, ↑go, ↑pass, ↑whirl, ↑offer, ↑essay, ↑foray, ↑contribution, ↑part, ↑share, ↑liberation, ↑mug's game, ↑power play, ↑squeeze play, ↑squeeze, ↑seeking, ↑shot, ↑stab, ↑striving, ↑nisus, ↑pains, ↑strain, ↑struggle, ↑battle, ↑takeover attempt, ↑test, ↑trial, ↑run
verb
attempt by employing effort (Freq. 4)
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we endeavor to make our customers happy
• Hyponyms: ↑struggle, ↑take pains, ↑be at pains, ↑buck
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s to INFINITIVE
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Endeavor [Endeavor]
the name of a US ↑space shuttle (= spacecraft that can be used again) used by ↑NASA. It first flew in 1992 and was used by ↑astronauts in 1993 to repair the ↑Hubble Space Telescope.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.