Meaning & use
Endeavours
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Serious attempts or efforts to achieve a particular goal.
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The company's charitable endeavours include funding schools in rural areas.
She endeavours to reply to every reader who writes to her.
A note on using this word
This is the British spelling; American English generally uses 'endeavors.'
Words with a similar meaning
effortsattempts
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Tries hard to do or achieve something.
The charity endeavours to house every family that applies before winter.
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