ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEendeavor
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endeavor
Meaning: to try hard to achieve or complete something
endeavor in a sentence
How endeavor is used in real sentences:
The team will endeavor to finish the mural before the festival opens.
Despite the setbacks, the young engineer continued to endeavor toward building a lighter, faster prototype.
“Benton and her museum team now endeavor to preserve the poems without lifting them from the papers that give them meaning.”
— from the passage Writing at the Edges
Synonyms for endeavor
Other words for endeavor — attempt, strive and try — carry the same meaning.
- attempt
- strive
- try
Antonyms of endeavor
Words that mean the opposite of endeavor:
- abandon
- neglect
Where it comes from
From Old French en devoir 'to put into duty'
Memory hook
EN-DEAVOR — put your duty into an effort.