n.

1. A conscientious or concerted effort toward an end; an earnest attempt.
2. Purposeful or industrious activity; enterprise.

v., -ored, -or·ing, -ors.

v.tr.

To attempt (fulfillment of a responsibility or an obligation, for example) by employment or expenditure of effort: endeavored to improve the quality of life in the inner city.

v.intr.

To work with a set or specified goal or purpose.

[Middle English endevour, from endeveren, to make an effort, from (putten) in dever, (to put oneself) in duty, make it one's duty : in, in; see in¹ + dever, duty (from Old French deveir, devoir, duty; see devoir).]

endeavorer en·deav'or·er n.

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noun

1. A trying to do or make something: attempt, crack, effort, essay, go, offer, stab, trial, try. Informal shot. Slang take. Archaic assay. See try.
2. The use of energy to do something: effort, exertion, pain (used in plural), strain¹, striving, struggle, trouble, while. Informal elbow grease. See work/play.

verb

To make an attempt to do or make: assay, attempt, essay, seek, strive, try. Idioms: have a go at, havemaketakea shot at, havetakea whack at, make a stab at, take a crack at. See try.

n

Definition: attempt to achieve something
Antonyms: idleness, laziness, neglect

v

Definition: attempt to achieve something
Antonyms: be idle, ignore, laze, neglect, procrastinate, put off

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IN BRIEF: To try hard.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. — Socrates (469-399 BC).

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bestræbe sig på/for
v. intr. - stræbe
n. - bestræbelse, anstrengelse, forsøg

Nederlands (Dutch)
pogen, moeite doen, inspanning, poging

Français (French)
v. tr. - s'efforcer de, essayer (de faire), réussir à faire (arch)
v. intr. - essayer, s'efforcer de (faire), tenter de (faire), s'évertuer, s'appliquer (à faire)
n. - tentative, effort, projet

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich bemühen
n. - Bemühung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πασχίζω, καταβάλλω (κάθε) φιλότιμη προσπάθεια
n. - φιλότιμη ή επίπονη προσπάθεια

Italiano (Italian)
cercare di, darsi da fare, impegno

Português (Portuguese)
v. - empenhar-se
n. - empenho (m)

Русский (Russian)
стараться, пытаться, стремиться, старание, попытка, усилие

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - intentar, tratar de
v. intr. - esforzarse
n. - esfuerzo, empeño, intento, tentativa

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bemöda sig, sträva, anstränga sig
n. - ansträngning

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
试图, 竭力做到, 力求达到或得到, 努力, 尽力, 尝试, 竭力

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 試圖, 竭力做到, 力求達到或得到
v. intr. - 努力, 盡力, 嘗試
n. - 盡力, 竭力

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~하려고 노력하다
v. intr. - 노력하다
n. - 노력

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 努力

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسعى, يحاول (الاسم) مسعى, محاوله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השתדל, התאמץ, ניסה‬
v. intr. - ‮השתדל, התאמץ‬
n. - ‮מאמץ, ניסיון‬

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