endeavor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɛv.ə/
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• US: /ɛnˈdɛv.ɚ/
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• US: /ɪnˈdɛv.ɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɛvə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 N D EH1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The verb is from Middle English endeveren (“to make an effort”); the noun is from Middle English endevour, from the verb. Endeveren is from (putten) in dever (“(to put oneself) in duty”), from in + dever (“duty”), partially translating Middle French (se mettre) en devoir (de faire) (“(to make it) one's duty (to do), to endeavour (to do)”) (from Old French devoir, deveir (“duty”)).

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ճիգ (čig) — a sincere attempt
• Armenian: ջանք (ǰankʻ) — a sincere attempt
• Bulgarian: усилие (usilie) — a sincere attempt
• Bulgarian: старание (staranie) — a sincere attempt
• Catalan: esforç — a sincere attempt
• Chinese Mandarin: 努力 (nǔlì) — a sincere attempt
• Chinese Mandarin: 使命 (shiming) — a sincere attempt
• Czech: úsilí — a sincere attempt
• Czech: snaha — a sincere attempt
• Danish: stræben — a sincere attempt
• Dutch: inspanning — a sincere attempt
• Dutch: ijveren — a sincere attempt
• Dutch: poging — a sincere attempt
• Esperanto: klopodi — a sincere attempt
• Finnish: yritys — a sincere attempt
• Finnish: ponnistus — a sincere attempt
• Finnish: pyrkimys — a sincere attempt
• French: effort — a sincere attempt
• Galician: fosallo — a sincere attempt
• Galician: femeza — a sincere attempt
• Galician: lideira — a sincere attempt
• Galician: retesía — a sincere attempt
• German: Bemühung — a sincere attempt
• German: Bestreben — a sincere attempt
• Greek: προσπάθεια (prospátheia) — a sincere attempt
• Hindi: प्रयत्न (prayatna) — a sincere attempt
• Hindi: प्रयास (prayās) — a sincere attempt
• Hindi: जतन (jatan) — a sincere attempt
• Hindi: कोशिश (kośiś) — a sincere attempt
• Hungarian: igyekezet — a sincere attempt
• Italian: tentativo — a sincere attempt
• Italian: impegno — a sincere attempt
• Italian: sforzo — a sincere attempt
• Japanese: 努力 (doryoku) — a sincere attempt
• Khmer: ការខំប្រឹងខ្នះខ្នែង (kaa khɑm prəng knah knaeng) — a sincere attempt
• Macedonian: о́бид (óbid) — a sincere attempt
• Macedonian: по́тфат (pótfat) — a sincere attempt
• Macedonian: на́пор (nápor) — a sincere attempt
• Macedonian: обиду́вање (obidúvanje) — a sincere attempt
• Macedonian: настоју́вање (nastojúvanje) — a sincere attempt
• Malay: usaha — a sincere attempt
• Malay: ikhtiar — a sincere attempt
• Occitan: esfòrç — a sincere attempt
• Persian: کوشش (kušeš) — a sincere attempt
• Polish: dążenie — a sincere attempt
• Polish: próba — a sincere attempt
• Polish: usiłowanie — a sincere attempt
• Portuguese: tentativa — a sincere attempt
• Portuguese: empreitada — a sincere attempt
• Romanian: tentativă — a sincere attempt
• Romanian: strădanie — a sincere attempt
• Russian: попы́тка (popýtka) — a sincere attempt
• Russian: стара́ние (staránije) — a sincere attempt
• Russian: уси́лие (usílije) — a sincere attempt
• Russian: стремле́ние (stremlénije) — a sincere attempt
• Scottish Gaelic: iomairt — a sincere attempt
• Slovak: úsilie — a sincere attempt
• Slovak: snaha — a sincere attempt
• Spanish: tentativa — a sincere attempt
• Spanish: esfuerzo — a sincere attempt
• Spanish: empeño — a sincere attempt
• Spanish: intento — a sincere attempt
• Swedish: sträva — a sincere attempt
• Tamil: முயற்சி (muyaṟci) — a sincere attempt
• Thai: ความพยายาม (kwaam-pá-yaa-yaam) — a sincere attempt
• Ottoman Turkish: صاواش (savaş) — a sincere attempt
• Ukrainian: намага́ння (namahánnja) — a sincere attempt
• Welsh: ymdrech — a sincere attempt
• Arabic: مُحَاوَلَة (muḥāwala) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Arabic: غَايَة (ḡāya) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Bulgarian: предприятие (predprijatie) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Bulgarian: начинание (načinanie) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Catalan: esforç — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 企业 (qǐyè) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 事業 /事业 (shìyè) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Czech: snaha — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Danish: bestræbelse — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Dutch: inspanning — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Dutch: moeite — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Dutch: streven — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Finnish: yritys — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Finnish: pyrkimys — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• French: effort — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• French: entreprise — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Galician: laboura — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Galician: auso — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Galician: angueira — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Galician: barileza — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Galician: afouteza — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• German: Unternehmen — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• German: Unterfangen — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Greek: απόπειρα (apópeira) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Hindi: उपक्रम (upakram) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Hindi: उद्यम (udyam) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Italian: impresa — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Italian: impegno — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Japanese: 事業 (jigyō) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Khmer: សហគ្រាស (sa’ha’krieh) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Macedonian: претприја́тие (pretprijátie) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Polish: przedsięwzięcie — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Portuguese: esforço — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Portuguese: empenho — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Romanian: strădanie — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Russian: предприя́тие (predprijátije) — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Scottish Gaelic: iomairt — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Slovak: úloha — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Slovak: podujatie — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Spanish: empresa — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Spanish: empeño — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Spanish: emprendimiento — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Spanish: proyecto — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Spanish: iniciativa — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Spanish: actividad — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Spanish: destajo — enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity
• Bulgarian: опитвам се (opitvam se) — attempt through application of effort
• Bulgarian: старая се (staraja se) — attempt through application of effort
• Chinese Mandarin: 努力 (nǔlì) — attempt through application of effort
• Czech: usilovat o — attempt through application of effort
• Czech: snažit se o — attempt through application of effort
• Czech: namáhat se za — attempt through application of effort
• Danish: bestræbe sig — attempt through application of effort
• Dutch: zich beijveren — attempt through application of effort
• Dutch: proberen — attempt through application of effort
• Dutch: nastreven — attempt through application of effort
• Esperanto: peni — attempt through application of effort
• Esperanto: klopodi — attempt through application of effort
• Finnish: ponnistella — attempt through application of effort
• Finnish: yrittää — attempt through application of effort
• Finnish: pyrkiä — attempt through application of effort
• French: tenter — attempt through application of effort
• French: s’efforcer — attempt through application of effort
• French: tâcher — attempt through application of effort
• German: anstrengen — attempt through application of effort
• German: (sich) bemühen — attempt through application of effort
• German: bestreben — attempt through application of effort
• Greek: προσπαθώ (prospathó) — attempt through application of effort
• Greek: πασχίζω (paschízo) — attempt through application of effort
• Greek: αποπειρώμαι (apopeirómai) — attempt through application of effort
• Hindi: प्रयास करना (prayās karnā) — attempt through application of effort
• Hindi: कोशिश करना (kośiś karnā) — attempt through application of effort
• Hungarian: igyekszik — attempt through application of effort
• Italian: tentare — attempt through application of effort
• Italian: sforzarsi — attempt through application of effort
• Italian: adoperarsi — attempt through application of effort
• Japanese: 努力する (doryokusuru) — attempt through application of effort
• Japanese: 努力する (doryoku suru) — attempt through application of effort
• Kazakh: ыждағат ету (yjdağat etu) — attempt through application of effort
• Latin: mōlior — attempt through application of effort
• Latin: nītor — attempt through application of effort
• Macedonian: се оби́дува (se obíduva) — attempt through application of effort
• Macedonian: насто́јува (nastójuva) — attempt through application of effort
• Māori: whakakoro — attempt through application of effort
• Persian: کوشش کردن (kušeš kardan) — attempt through application of effort
• Polish: usiłować — attempt through application of effort
• Polish: starać się — attempt through application of effort
• Portuguese: tentar — attempt through application of effort
• Romanian: strădui — attempt through application of effort
• Russian: пыта́ться (pytátʹsja) — attempt through application of effort
• Russian: стара́ться (starátʹsja) — attempt through application of effort
• Russian: прилага́ть уси́лия (prilagátʹ usílija) — attempt through application of effort
• Spanish: procurar — attempt through application of effort
• Spanish: esforzarse — attempt through application of effort
• Spanish: empeñarse — attempt through application of effort
• Spanish: pretender — attempt through application of effort
• Turkish: gayret etmek — attempt through application of effort
• Turkish: teşvik etmek — attempt through application of effort
• Turkish: çabalamak — attempt through application of effort
• Turkish: çaba sarfetmek — attempt through application of effort
• Turkish: uğraş göstermek — attempt through application of effort
• Ottoman Turkish: دكهمك (deñemek) — attempt through application of effort
• Vietnamese: cố gắng — attempt through application of effort
• Bulgarian: предприемам (predpriemam) — to work with purpose
• Bulgarian: предприема (predpriema) — to work with purpose
• Czech: přičinit se za — to work with purpose
• French: se dévouer à quelque chose — to work with purpose
• French: tâcher — to work with purpose
• Māori: whakakoro — to work with purpose
• Spanish: empeñarse — to work with purpose